The series gets off to a powerful start as stalwart Hill Street Precinct Capt. Frank
Furillo endures a string of personal and professional crises. Furillo tries to defuse a
powder-keg hostage situation in a liquor store despite a media circus, his overzealous
Emergency Action Team leader and a pair of nervous gang kids and their leader. His secret
lover, public defender Joyce Davenport, hounds him about a client who has been lost. And
his ex-wife, Fay, berates him after his child-support check bounces.
Det. J.D. LaRue tries to pick up Davenport after sending her on a wild goose chase and
receives a lapful of hot coffee in return. Belker busts a bald-headed pickpocket, the
first of several encounters to come. Sgt. Phil Esterhaus tells Fay about his teen-age
sweetheart, Cindy. And, after handling a domestic situation, Hill and Renko find their
police unit has been stolen and are shot when they walk into a building to call in the
theft.

Furillo is again on the rack as Fay makes a spectacle at the station with her demands for
more money. Division alerts him to prepare for a presidential visit to the Hill, a task he
does not relish. The news prompts a summit with gang leaders that nearly turns sour thanks
to the smug presidential press secretary. And to top it all off, he endures a personal
clash with Davenport.
Emotions run high as Hill and Renko meet for the first time since they were shot. The new
police decorator, Grace Gardner, tries Esterhaus' patience. A pair of transfer officers
roust the wrong people and find trouble. Belker pursues rapists in the park.

Furillo and his officers run themselves ragged preparing
for the impending presidential visit to the Hill - Goldblume helps work out a secure route
and Calletano and the captain bargain with Shamrock and Blood gang leaders to ensure a
peaceful tour.
Frank consults Joyce after Fay - in a letter from her attorney - threatens to garnish his
wages for more child support. A dirty cop involved in a drug buy offers the troubled LaRue
a bribe - then frames him when he attempts to return the money. Emotional fallout from
their shooting prompts Hill and Renko to briefly consider splitting up. Belker agrees to a
blind date at his mother's urging, proving a source of amusement to his collar, the bald
pickpocket. Phil interrupts Frank's evening with Joyce after Fay is arrested at a friend's
hot tub party.

Against all odds, Furillo supports LaRue in the bribery
case brought against him by Macafee. The captain also petitions Davenport to help his
troubled detective.
Esterhaus assuages Bates' hurt feelings after an encounter with the tactless Hunter. Hill
and Renko arrest a car thief whose mechanical genius proves both valuable and troublesome
at the station. Furillo scrambles to salvage credibility with the gangs after the
president's tour of the Hill is canceled. When the streets erupt in violence in response
to the news, anxious officers fear revenge and barricade themselves in the station house -
the "crisis" causes Esterhaus to see Grace in a new light.

Furillo and Washington investigate Macafee in hopes of
clearing LaRue - they discover more than a few interesting things. At Frank's request,
Joyce tries to round up legal representation for the troubled detective.
As part of "Operation: Duckling," Belker and several others reluctantly don
women's clothing to lure out a rapist. Esterhaus broods over Grace and Cindy. Goldblume is
plagued by self-doubts after he loses a jumper.

While busting a petty thief, LaRue and Washington find the
gun used in the Hill-Renko shooting and trace it back to junkie Eddie Hoban. The discovery
leads to tension between the patrolmen.
TV reporter Cynthia Chase invades the precinct to document "what the station house is
all about" and joins Hill and Renko on patrol. Hunter's weapon demonstration has
hilarious results. Belker busts Kevin Herman Dracula for biting a prostitute and the
mental out-patient's subsequent suicide in the station's new holding cell sends Joyce to
Frank for comfort.

It's deja vu for Furillo as he reaches out to Hector Ruiz
who has again taken hostages, this time in a grocery store meat locker - Hunter wants to
freeze them out and TV reporter Cynthia Chase utilizes the scene to incense the Dekker
Avenue merchants. A side of beef shot up during the hostage crisis is a quickly sized up
by scheming officers as more than "evidence." LaRue and Washington continue
their attempts to tie the gun from the Hill-Renko shooting to Hoban.
Belker busts the bald-headed pickpocket again. Fay momentarily finds herself in the
crosshairs of Furillo's officers when she pulls out a toy gun in the station house. The
funding for Grace's decorating project is cut, upsetting Esterhaus, who already is having
trouble getting someone to pick up the body of "Freddie the Wino" who died in a
holding cell. A perceptive Fay picks up on Frank and Joyce's relationship.

Division orders Furillo to deal with the Dekker Avenue
merchants, who are bent on taking law enforcement into their own hands. Frank enlists
Joyce and Fay in his efforts to help Hector Ruiz.
Hunter seeks volunteer counselors for to help with "Camp Guadalcanal." Goldblume
is outraged by the recruiting drive. A cleaner's fire claims Furillo's suits. Esterhaus
braces himself for a showdown with an old adversary who's now back on the streets. The
deadly black van spells trouble for officers Harris and Santini. Inconclusive results in
Hoban's lie detector test throw a kink into the Hill-Renko shooting investigation.

Renko stews after Hoban's release and makes a spectacle
with two hookers at a nice restaurant, increasing the tension with Hill. Back on the
street, Hoban finds himself out in the cold and eventually confesses.
A confused Santini gets some career advice from Furillo. LaRue starts drinking on the job
after he invites TV reporter Cynthia Chase along on a quiet stakeout that suddenly heats
up. The Dekker Avenue merchants continued "help" results in tragedy. Belker is
turned off by his girlfriend's violent sexual advances. Everyone's efforts to help Hector
hit a dead end and Frank and Joyce must break the news.

Renko pouts after a Division homicide detective belittles
his attempt to find out who murdered a 15-year-old hooker. The officer later raises
suspicions about the investigation and Furillo begins to take notice. Speculations buzz
around the station house after Furillo finds out he's in the running for a promotion to
commander.
Hunter gets a surprise - courtesy of LaRue and Washington - while on the annual search of
the city sewers for alligators. His hunt is complicated by an animal activist. A
persistent obscene phone caller sends Fay to Furillo for help.

Davenport's client, Nemo Rodriguez, implicates a city
councilman in the slaying of a young prostitute. Furillo decides to launch his own
investigation into the murder - a move which endangers his chances for promotion. Furillo
is left holding the bag after evidence is found linking the councilman to the girl and his
publicity machine springs into action . Fearing rumors of collusion, Joyce tells Frank
they should separate for a while.
Chief Daniels chokes during breakfast meeting and Furillo saves his life. Hunter wins
Police Association's Mental Health Award and unveils model of "urban tank" to
Furillo. Everyone's maudlin after Bates finds officer Marv Box dead in the squad room.
LaRue rounds up investors for his "saloondramat." Grace and Esterhaus plan a
visit to a nudist retreat. Furillo sends Fay and Frank Jr. to his home after the obscene
phone caller breaks into her house and goes through her things. An anti-semitic cop
incites Belker. In anticipation of Furillo's promotion, apprehensive Hill Street officers
apply for transfer in droves - 28 uniforms, 17 plain clothes and one possible retirement.

Joyce feels Rodriguez is being railroaded in prostitute's
murder in attempt to protect McCauley. Frank relinquishes his chances for promotion to
forge ahead with his investigation of the councilman and confronts Swanson and Schneider
about the cover-up.
Marv's ashes "lie in state" next to squad room coffee machine. Furillo's
possible promotion leaves him buried with transfer requests, including Belker, who wants
to transfer to narcotics because there's "a better chance of getting killed."
Esterhaus reveals his desire to have children with Cindy. Fay's obscene phone caller is
caught and revealed to be one of Harvey's patients. Furillo promptly takes Harvey to task
and convinces Fay to press charges. After a test-run down "sniper alley,"
Hunter's "urban tank" is stolen and dumped in the river, much to Furillo's
amusement. LaRue's business dream crumbles, literally. There is joy on the Hill as Furillo
stays.

Furillo bristles at having to protect Macafee, who's turned
state's witness. He becomes incensed when his men are endangered during an attempted hit
that he believes was orchestrated to give Macafee's testimony more credibility.
Violence erupts in Jefferson Heights Precinct and Hill Street officers help out. Belker
arrests an entertaining professional cat burglar who the cops been trying to catch for
several years. Esterhaus sweats bullets as his wedding day to Cindy arrives and is
compounded when Grace shows him what he will be giving up. Everyone rushes to get ready
for nuptials. And Frank and Joyce make use of the intended honeymoon suite, after
Esterhaus faints at the alter.

After several junkies are found dead from tainted drugs,
Goldblume clashes with obnoxious, racist narcotics detective Charlie Weeks over procedure.
Weeks is angered when Midtown solves his case and a brutalizes a witness.
Bates gets a new partner, Joe Coffey. Hunter and Esterhaus discuss the women in their
lives. LaRue's drinking gets out of hand, endangering Belker who goes undercover to catch
a robber hitting city buses. Frank and Joyce clash when she assumes his officers
brutalized her rapist client. Goldblume's son, Josh, undergoes medical tests for a
mysterious ailment. Hill and Renko take pains to aid a young black mother who is accused
of neglecting her kids. Weeks shoots a black man in an alley.

A gut feeling leads Furillo and Washington to go out of
their way to help clear Weeks who is accused of shooting an unarmed black man. Washington
lambastes an ungrateful Weeks about his attitude.
Furillo confronts a harried LaRue about his drinking and money problems. Hill and Renko
check on Shirrett Anders and her children. Belker and Leo donate blood. Hill, Renko,
Coffey and Bates arrest a woman who's beating her husband. Belker joins a DEA fencing
operation, which nets a surprise. Renko begins a relationship with his night school
teacher. Frank and Joyce take a long lunch and make plans for a vacation. Fay gets mugged
and Goldblume's ill son gets better.

Furillo and Washington push the Weeks investigation despite
pressure from Chief Daniels to back off because of bad publicity and rising tensions on
the street.
Esterhaus gets a birthday surprise during roll call. Fay considers a weekend jaunt with
her black orthopedist. LaRue desperately tries to raise money to get himself out of a jam.
Furillo later tells him to get help for his drinking problem or quit the force after he
ruins a drug bust. A disappointed Hill discovers Shirrett Anders has left her children
again. Bates' new partner, Joe Coffey, expresses feelings for her. Another vending machine
falls prey to Hill Street mayhem. And Frank and Joyce's covert relationship is nearly
exposed when they schedule dinner at a restaurant where Hill and Renko are dining.

Washington and Goldblume take the Weeks investigation down
to the wire. Meanwhile, Chief Daniels continues pressuring Furillo to drop the probe
and tells him the department's "hanging Weeks out to dry."
After everyone declines to help him, LaRue hits bottom. After Furillo tells him to put in
for a transfer, he makes a scene in the squad room. Shirrett Anders loses her kids. Hill
breaks the ice with social worker Denise Thompson. A frightened Fay asks Furillo's advice
after her black orthopedist's wife threatens to kill her. Renko's girlfriend deals a blow
to his ego by terminating their relationship. LaRue takes the first step toward recovery
and finds a familiar face in the crowd. Coffey is shot when he and Bates make a traffic
stop.

The second season gets off to an explosive start when a domestic
situation turns violent in the squad room. Furillo is skeptical of an
ex-Black Arrow gang leader, Jesse John Hudson, who returns to the Hill
as a social reformer. Belker makes contact with a rookie undercover
officer planted inside the Black Arrows who tells a much different story
than Hudson. The cops' skeptism is increased when two rival warlords of
the gang turn up dead.
Calletano and Goldblume search for a missing boy. Fay descends on the
Hill with a birthday cake for Furillo, who turns 40. Joyce represents a
topless waitress who accuses a detective of blackmailing her for sex.
Belker nabs a purse-snatching orangutan. Esterhaus questions his
involvement with Grace. Frank and Joyce split up after he demands their
relationship move forward.

Virgil reports to Belker on Hudson's takeover of the Black Arrows. Still
hurting, Frank and Joyce needle each other when they meet socially for
the first time after splitting up. While driving a cab in an undercover
operation, Goldblume meets a lonely woman - and later returns to her
apartment for a little extramarital activity. On the same operation,
Belker nabs a cross-dressing robber. A desperate snitch offers to help
LaRue and Washington solve a prostitute murder - but his story doesn't
quite add up. Belker helps seize weapons that were stolen from a
National Guard armory. Hunter swoops in after a sexually-exhausted
Esterhaus ends his relationship with Grace. Fay tells Furillo she's
engaged.

The police's seizure of the stolen weapons and efforts to tie them to
the Black Arrows prompt Hudson to look for an informant inside his gang.
When Brooks turns up dead, a furious Furillo virtually declares war on
the gang leader.
Joyce asks Frank for advice in the Downing case and both confess to
missing each other. Hill and Renko respond to a domestic call where an
old man - bitter over the influx if minorities in his community - is
threatening his neighbors with a gun. Hunter is testy after his date
with Grace. Esterhaus' new friend, Mac, pays visit to the station house.
Fay delivers wedding invitations to Esterhaus and Furillo. Goldblume and
his wife, Rachel, separate after his affair.

Chief Daniels urges Furillo to back off on Hudson until he has more
concrete evidence. Frank and Joyce have it out on a racquetball court.
Hudson beats up his lawyer and Furillo tries to get her to testify
against him, but she has other plans for the gang leader.
After a junkie prostitute nearly dies due to her mistake, Bates lashes
out at everyone and walks out of the small arms competition in which she
and Coffey are favored. Mac confesses his sexual attraction to
Esterhaus, sending a stunned Phil back into Grace's arms. Furillo
counsels Bates. Goldblume and his wife, Rachel, reconcile. A miserable
Joyce pays an evening visit to the Hill and brings her relationship with
Frank out into the open with a kiss.

Night court and the shooting of a 10-year-old promise to ruin everyone's
evening.
Joyce outmaneuvers Frank, Washington and LaRue after they are accused of
entrapping her client, a mugger, by singling him out and luring him into
a criminal act. Wachtel tries to persuade Joyce to use her now-public
relationship with Frank to help his client, a professional "kneebuster,"
who was arrested by Belker. Fay's concerned after Frank Jr. shoplifts
and Furillo promises to talk to him. Washington worries the department
will force him to retire after he re-injures his knee during a bust.
Renko's plans to watch Monday night football are sidelined after he and
Hill bust the vending machine bandit. Esterhaus' elation turns into
disappointment when Grace's "pregnancy" turns out to be a false alarm.
While in pursuit of gang members involved in the drive-by shooting of a
10-year-old girl, Bates is forced to return fire at a 14-year-old boy,
killing him.

After saving two people from a burning car, Officer Gerald Nash later
uses excessive force during an arrest and Hill, who feels compelled to
cover for his old friend, enlists Renko and a reluctant Bates and Coffey
in the cover-up.
Renko's prank on a female transfer officer causes problems. After
solving a domestic situation in his old neighborhood, Coffey arrests an
old family friend who he mistakenly believes is connected to the mob.
Fay introduces her fiance, Hal Massey, to Furillo. And everyone's testy
after negotiations between the police union and the city break down.

Dubious reports from Hill, Renko, Bates and Coffey compel Furillo to
question the four-some about their protecting of Nash, who decides to
resign when reports are changed to reflect the truth.
Joyce pushes Frank to short circuit "pent ante" busts brought on by the
cold weather. Belker busts the bald-headed pickpocket again and then
goes undercover as a rabbi to catch a gang targeting ATM customers. A
good samaritan saves Renko, LaRue and Washington and then faces arrest
on an old out-of-town felony warrant. Belker's parents refuse to go on a
scheduled cruise, prompting a visit from his sister. Furillo and Hunter
attend a luncheon where Fay's engagement to Hal Massey comes to an
sudden end. Washington is angered when he discovers his girlfriend,
Jill, has deceived him. Frank looks on as Joyce reaches out to a
distraught Fay.

Frank lashes out at everyone, including Joyce, after a savage massacre
at a shady bar on the Hill, and when evidence suggests gang connection,
he uncharacteristically threatens gang leaders with hard times unless
they help him catch the offenders. An anonymous caller - speculation
points to Jesus Martinez - gives the culprits over to Furillo.
The eccentric "Captain Freedom" foils Belker's bust of a robber. LaRue
goes undercover in the Hill Street jail and gets more than he bargained
when he is helpless to stop a tragedy in the next cell.

Chief Daniels orders Furillo to initiate a scam saloon in the South
Ferry Precinct in a pre-emptive move against the corruption-seeking
Sullivan Commission, which subpoenas Furillo, Calletano and Hunter.
Furillo storms out during his testimony when the prosecutor suggests he
has committed perjury. He later consults Joyce.
After standing up Bates for breakfast, Coffey comes to work with a black
eye. An upset Bates throws the book at some poor guy during a routine
traffic stop. Renko enlists Hill, Bates and Coffey in a futile search
for his gun that was stolen by an armed robber who burst in on a
late-night card game. Another vending machine falls in the line of duty
and Esterhaus must stop Lou from removing all of them from the station
house. "Captain Freedom" is arrested by LaRue and Washington after he
turns up at their stakeout. Grace and Esterhaus plan a trip to France.
Fay brings her fatalist views to the Hill. Hill and Renko's bad luck
with patrol cars continues, losing two in one day. They unfortunate duo
are rearended by a wedding party, thrusting them between a young man and
his work supervisor.

Joyce rounds up Douglas Comstock to represent Frank before the Sullivan
Commission, but Furillo declines to retain the lawyer after he
insinuates the captain has something to hide.
Hill Street officers mount "Operation: Fido," in which Hunter attempts
to use pedigreed Bassett Hounds to track wild city dogs. The EATer
leader is injured when he enters an abandoned building alone and nearly
falls prey to the "wino-eating mutts." In yet another odd visit to
Furillo's office, Fay shows up for lunch and wants to discuss cemetery
plots. Furillo and the gang search frantically for officer Art Delgado.
Belker, Hill and Renko's scam saloon operation to sniff out corrupt cops
in South Ferry proves profitable despite "Captain Freedom's" help.
Furillo blasts Chief Daniels - who's recovering from hemorrhoid surgery
- after a suspicious Calletano learns a beautiful new khaki officer is
acutally a spy//detective sent by Daniels to gauge corruption on the
Hill. Furillo visits Hunter at the hospital where a process server
delivers more subpoenas from the Sullivan Commission.

After a lunch-time rendezvous with Joyce at the Hotel Francois, Frank
testifies before the Sullivan Commission for the second time. He offers
Daniels his gun and badge afterwards.
Fay storms the Hill and confronts Furillo after she discovers one of
Davenport's negligees amongst Frank Jr.'s toys. After competing in the
interdepartmental poker finals, Bates must carefully fend off a sexual
advance from Coffey. Narcotics Capt. Jerry Fuchs refuses to help one of
his own detectives after LaRue and Washington catch him forging
prescriptions. Goldblume dons a dress as a part of "Operation: Smash &
Snatch," designed to stop vehicular purse snatchings and he gets a
little roughed up while arresting a perp. Belker, Hill and Renko
continue successful scam saloon until an attempted robbery forces them
to blow their cover. "Captain Freedom" meets a tragic end when a
shootout erupts.

Furillo is summoned to a crime scene and discovers public defender Pam
Gilliam has been gunned down in a robbery. A devastated Joyce comes to
Frank's office for comfort after identifying Gilliam's body at the
morgue and later seriously questions her line of work. Royal Blood gang
colors were reportedly spotted at the scene and a sweep of a nearby
playground nets the gun and, ultimately, the killer of Gilliam.
After being nominated by Cleveland, Hill is elected vice president of
the Black Officers' Coalition, causing friction with Renko. Fay
questions Furillo about the lack of ranking black officers on the Hill
after attending a WAD (Women Against Discrimination) meeting. Goldblume
sets his sights on taking down an abusive landlord. Belker's pet mouse -
which he carries in his shirt pocket - meets an unfortunate end after a
congratulatory pat. The rodent's funeral in the station house men's room
comes at an inopportune moment. LaRue and Washington bust a cocaine
dealer, who cuts a deal to give them a PCP lab. LaRue starts drinking
again.

Frank meets with ADA Bernstein on the Gilliam-Harmon case and Joyce tags
along. And after learning a technicality will force the gun to be tossed
as evidence, Furillo tries in vain to get Bragg to testify against
Harmon.
Esterhaus is exposed to details of Grace's sexual past after she asks
him for help with her neighbor and his barking dog. Belker gives Hunter
and his EATers tips on venting rage. After a tenant is beat up,
Goldblume reluctantly resorts to force to deal with an abusive landlord
- he gets a little help from Belker and two large officers from
the nightshift. Renko is injured when he rides with pushy officer Grebey
and later confronts his disapproving father, who's in the hospital. Fay
tries to identify with Hill, who is irritating everyone with his
recruiting efforts for the BOC. LaRue, suffering a crisis of confidence,
shows up drunk minutes before the PCP lab bust, forcing Washington to
talk his way into a very dangerous situation. Fuchs and Washington cover
for LaRue, but a knowing Furillo senses the truth.

Fallout from Pam Gilliam's murder continues to besiege the Hill. After a
reward is offered for information in her slaying, Goldblume checks out a
witness who seems too good to be true.A subsequent interrogation by
Furillo confirms their suspicions, forcing the release of Bragg and
Harmon.
Coffey gets another black eye when he and Bates respond to a domestic
call. Belker laments growing older after he goes undercover as a hot dog
vendor and loses a drug dealer during a foot chase. Furillo busts LaRue
down to the motorpool, prompting the troubled detective to seek help.
Hill gets his fill of BOC pressures and resigns. Esterhaus still stews
over Grace's involving him in her problem with a former lover. Frank and
Joyce's plans are detoured after Fay is arrested at a sit-in at Chief
Daniels office and are derailed entirely after Harmon is arrested for
killing Bragg. Joyce grows more bitter as Harmon rubs Frank's nose in
the fact he still walks on Gilliam's murder

Frank watches as Joyce, still angry over the injustice in the Gilliam
case, storms out of court while defending a repeat offender. At a
subsequent lunch, Frank offers little support - for which he later
apologizes - when she tells him she's quitting PD's office.
After losing a promotion to Chesley, a bitter Goldblume goes undercover
to help catch a con team shaking down johns and is shot. Callentano
threatens to quit due to money troubles and Esterhaus threatens to
retire after his prize car is stolen. Chief Daniels narrowly misses a
verbal backlash from Fay when she witnesses him telling Furillo to
"muzzle the little woman." Fay, who's quit WAD, asks Furillo about her
sexual identity after a lesbian makes a pass at her. Belker and
Washington find pieces of Esterhaus' car when they raid a chop shop.
Renko learns his father is dying of cancer.

Full-scale negotiations are required before a benefit basketball game
between the police and the gangs can take place. The cops victory
ultimately is foiled by the Gypsy Boys.
Belker and Washington go undercover to catch a robber hitting patrons in
a porno theater's bathroom. Tragedy strikes when Hill and Renko respond
to a domestic call where a suicidal man is holding his girlfriend and
their child hostage. Furillo offers emotional support and advice to
Goldblume, who has informed the captain of his impending divorce.
Renko's family troubles persist as he briefly resists his dying father's
request to go home.

Coffey and Bates discover two officers - one dead, the other seriously
wounded - who were shot during a burglary. The deceased officer's wife
lashes out at Furillo after he breaks the grim news, an all-too-frequent
task. In an effort to find the killer, everyone follows the bizarre
trail of the gun used to shoot the officers.
Hunter tries to sell First Strike Estates to Goldblume and Fay. While
taking his driver's test Belker chases down a robber. Furillo can't help
but laugh when a panicked Fay tells him she found Frank Jr. "playing
doctor" with a girl and that the girl's mother is threatening to bring
charges. A distraught Renko is forced to put his father back in the
hospital after his condition worsens. Joyce tells Frank she's been
carrying a gun since Pam Gilliam's death.

Shortly after his father succumbs to cancer, a distraught Renko learns
that the hearse bearing his father's remains has been seized without
regard for its cargo. Hunter's morbid analysis of the situation repulses
the other officers. Belker unknowingly finds Renko's dad while he is
undercover, trying to find out who's been knifing winos.
Coffey runs interference for Bates with her recently dumped lover, a
Michigan Avenue commander. Davenport finds her faith renewed when she
pulls out all the stops to defend a nice young man who is accused of
rape. Goldblume attempts to coax the young man's reluctant alibi to come
forward, and Furillo also lends a hand when a big-gun prosecutor gets
the case. Washington confronts Furillo on his hardline stance against
LaRue and asks him to consider letting his partner return. Fay and
Goldblume cross paths at a singles bar.

The Hill is on the verge of going up in flames after a Roman Catholic
nun is raped and killed during a church robbery. Frank plays fast and loose with the rule
book to capture and hold two young men accused of the crime. And Joyce, who is assigned to
defend one of the men, Celestine Gray, feels helpless as public opinion works to destroy
her client. Joyce later confronts Frank about his zealous bending of the rules.
A robbery/shooting at a grocery store takes a back seat to the heinous crime against the
church. Belker befriends a gay prostitute, Eddie Gregg, after arresting him. Calletano
juggles work and a tax audit.

Hot weather has tempers flaring on the Hill. Furillo's in the hot seat
when he sits on a board of rights for fellow captain Lou Hogan, who is accused of
neglecting his duties, and finds himself arguing against his old friend. Goldblume and
Belker go undercover to catch a man robbing ice cream vendors. Belker forgets his mother's
birthday and Davenport helps him with a gift. Bates, Coffey, Hill and Renko investigate
urban cattle rustling. LaRue and Washington interview for jobs at a posh resort in the
Bahamas. Chief Daniels drops off movie star who will be filming a movie on the Hill.
Furillo and Fay clash over her all-too-frequent visits to the Hill to heap her problems on
the beleaguered precinct captain. A roast for Chief Daniels goes from bad to worse when a
drunk Lou Hogan crashes the event and alleges indiscretions by officers on the Hill and
other precincts. Frank tells Joyce he will follow up on Hogan's accusations, but his plans
to talk to Hogan are foiled by the disgraced captain's suicide.

Furillo begins checking out charges made against his men and laments
Hogan's death over lunch with Joyce at a hotel. The couple later decides to
"murder" a half-hour upstairs.
On Chief Daniel's order, Furillo releases city councilman Detweiler after Hill and Renko
arrest him for drunken driving, but not without a verbal chastening. Hunter announces he
is to undergo a biopsy on a tumor in his leg. LaRue continues to sulk over not getting the
job in the Bahamas and he and Washington spend day serving subpoenas. Gennaro shadows
Belker and helps him make an arrest. A movie production manager and the city's film liason
meet with gang leaders. Fay gets a job as a crime reporter for an less than reputable
publication. Goldblume turns in his badge after Furillo - who was tipped off by Daniels -
asks him about his involvement with a 15-year-old prostitute. And Frank and Joyce's
attempts to beat the heat have humorous results.

When it rains it pours. Furillo tracks down the prostitute who Goldblume
helped and then trades his silence on Detweiler's arrest/release for his friend's career.
In a followup to another of Hogan's charges, LaRue and Washington bust two patrolmen for
stealing from burglary victims.
Renko's birthday turns out to be a not so happy occasion. Hunter receives good news after
his biopsy and meets a nice nurse. Washington turns down Bahama's job. Fay interviews
Gennaro, who later shows up at Belker's drug buy and finds himself in the line of fire. A
drenched Joyce lays out plans for a quiet evening which are torpedoed by yet another phone
call bearing bad news.

Furillo faces a parent's worse fear when a distraught Fay tells him
Frank Jr. is missing.
Ever the legal eagle, Davenport crushes a nervous and unprepared Bates on the witness
stand. After he and Hill stop an assault, Renko pressures the victim to press charges.
Calletano is named Hispanic Officer of the Year, but things get a little sticky after he
airs his true feelings at a luncheon in his honor. (Afterwards, he tenders his resignation
which Furillo promptly refuses.) Belker works undercover at a massage parlor. LaRue and
Washington's response to a liquor store robbery has tragic results. And Frank Jr. finally
turns up, much to everyone's relief.

Joyce is injured when a suspect scuffles with officers in the squad
room, prompting Frank to clean her assailant's clock when the man attempts to take her
hostage.
While trying to strike a deal with a cocaine peddler, LaRue and Washington encounter
special narcotics undercover cop Stan Mizell. Furillo warns Fuchs to pull the reckless
Mizell off the streets, but his efforts prove in vain. Hill has the unforunate task of
trying to persuade an elderly black woman that she has to move from her condemned
building. Meanwhile, Goldblume tries to keep one of her neighbors who's afraid of the
change of venue from jumping off the roof of the building. Fay and Furillo clash after she
sells her Gennaro story and he hints she repay the loan he made her. Belker foils a heist
while applying for a bank loan to help pay for his father's medical care. The fast-moving
nurse Wulfawitz and Hunter meet again.

Once again, Furillo finds himself in a political whirlpool when the
Mizell homicide probe thrusts him between mayoral candidates Daniels and Detweiler.
Furillo warns Fuchs of the power play and urges his friend to play by the numbers. On the
bright side, LaRue and Washington bust a suspect in the Mizell slaying.
A still bruised Joyce returns to work. Fay agrees to go out with Wachtel after her Gennaro
article is misconstrued by the rag she sold it to. Belker doggedly investigates a clever
scam using bums to file injury insurance claims. Coffey tries to help a fellow Vietnam
veteran who's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. After taking a robbery victim
and suspect to the hospital, Hill narrowly misses having his boil lanced by a mental
patient posing as a doctor, and Renko's hasty words to a young doctor land him in trouble
with Furillo.

While Mizell is laid to rest, LaRue and Washington inventory the
contents of his safety deposit box and find hard proof of his corruption. Chief Daniels
pushes Furillo to remain silent about how dirty Mizell was, but later takes the stalwart
captain's advice to come clean on the whole affair. Daniels' actions torpedo Detweiler's
plans to bring him down and the angry councilman gets drunk and runs over an old lady.
Fay tells Furillo her home was burglarized and that the culprits made off with her
belongings, including all their home movies. Bates and Coffey stumble into a sad family
situation when they try to help an abused young girl with her baby. Belker wraps up his
insurance scam probe with a visit to the doctor - much to Hill's embarrassment - and the
arrest of Wachtel. Hunter pops the question to nurse Wulfawitz. Joyce bolsters Frank after
he expresses his dislike of Daniels and the political game he was forced to play.

While touring the Hill, the governor's dog is stolen and Daniels
launches a massive search operation much to Furillo's disdain. After a ransom demand is
made, Furillo enlists the gangs in their search for the pooch.
Academy graduates arrive on the Hill. Rookie Robin Tattaglia helps LaRue and Washington
arrest a murder suspect - the two detectives then try to chase down an autopsy report.
Belker busts the bald-headed pickpocket again and enlists Eddie Gregg as his snitch.
Furillo confronts Nydorf over a missing autopsy report. After a quarrel with Renko, Teresa
makes a pass at Coffey. Fay is jailed for contempt in traffic court, but her persistence
pays off. A rookie officer freezes and his partner is nearly stabbed. Hill launches his
relationship with officer Marty Nichols, and dog metaphors are the order of the evening
for Frank and Joyce.

Furillo and Bernstein try to make a murder case minus the victim's body
or an autopsy report. As they depart their room following a lunch-time tryst at the
Embassy Hotel, Frank and Joyce have an awkward and somewhat humorous encounter with Fay
and Judge Grogin.
Esterhaus' best-laid plans to propose to Grace are temporarily sidetracked when his
engagement ring is stolen in a jewelry store robbery - Belker arrests one of the culprits,
paving the way for a riotous interrogation. Teresa dumps Renko and then goes out with
Coffey. The Phantom makes one last appearance. A fear-stricken Eddie Gregg implicates his
lover in the savage murders of a group of Peruvian drug dealers - LaRue, Washington and
Belker go after him by way of Sid. Jesus Martinez has the governor's staff jumping through
the hoops when he brings in some information about the missing dog.

An overconfident Nydorf refuses to heed Furillo's warning not to testify
at a preliminary hearing and, consequently, Joyce skillfully shreds his credibility on the
stand.
It's a heat wave - at least in the station house where the furnace, "Big
Bertha," won't shut off. After a failed attempt by Calletano and his wife to set up
Esterhaus with a lady, Grace pays a visit to the Hill. The governor's dog is returned, but
tragicomedy strikes when the pooch is left in Hunter's keeping. A jealous Renko confronts
Coffey, then Teresa. Eddie is exposed as a police informant after LaRue, Washington and
Belker bust Sid. A rookie officer reconsiders his career as a policeman.

There's no place like the Hill for the holidays. Yuletide cheer is in
short supply as Furillo concentrates on finding four marauding youths who have already
claimed several victims.
Washington's guilt over shooting an innocent store owner surfaces. Hill's vagabond father,
Reggie, drops by the station house. Hunter clashes with a waitress suffering from the
holiday blues. Buck Naked flashes Fay. While undercover as Santa, Belker busts a youngster
interfering with his operation. After taking toys to kids in the hospital, Hunter and
several other officers - wearing seasonal costumes - chase robbery suspects. Bates is hurt
during the pursuit and is forced to spend the holiday in the hospital. Frank, Joyce and
Frank Jr. embark on a holiday ski trip.

An armored car robbery nets a 1960-70s political radical and has
far-reaching effects. Joyce lands the political militant as a client. An overconfident FBI
agent noses into the investigation, but his information proves to be slightly out of date.
Belker's stakeout of an arcade turns deadly when officer Dorsey goes across the street for
some coffee and is shot by one of the robbery suspects. And Furillo deals with the
captured suspects to get the one who shot his officer.
Bates gets an embarrassing birthday surprise, but later gets even with Coffey. Fay storms
the Hill in a fit of jealousy over Frank Jr.'s constant praise of Joyce. Hunter has a
toothache. Tattaglia and Belker bond after Dorsey's death. And everyone tries a new
takeout Chinese restaurant with unsettling effects.

After his daughter is raped, a veteran cop tries to interfere in
Furillo's search for the rapist.
A terrified young woman seeks help with her malevolent ex-boyfriend from the
newly-promoted Lt. Goldblume. Chief Daniels takes a walking tour of Dekker Avenue and is
bitten by a rat, and Hunter mobilizes a search for the wounded rodent. Fay seeks Furillo's
help and advice after Frank Jr. came home early and caught her in a compromising situation
with Judge Grogin. Bates and Coffey arrest a survivalist and Davenport is assigned as his
counsel. The survivalist meets a tragic end when Donleavy mistakes him for the man who
raped his daughter. Renko's arrest for indecent exposure at a bachelor party gets him
busted down to traffic ticket duty where he tangles with Det. Sal Benedetto. Joyce tells
Frank she has a job interview with the Justice Department.

Joyce leaves for her interview with the Justice Department and Frank
wrestles with his fears of losing her while trying to run his precinct.
Hunter launches "Operation: Big Broom," a sweep aimed at cleaning up one block
of Dekker Avenue and the courts are flooded as a result. Furillo calls off the operation
because he feels citizens' rights are being trampled, leading to a confrontation with
Chief Daniels. Renko is restored to motor patrol after he saves several people from a
burning building. After Frank Jr. is strong-armed by a schoolmate, Fay and Furillo meet
with the principal and the bully's parents. Esterhaus offers to teach Frank Jr. boxing.
Goldblume is unsuccessful in his efforts to help a terrified young woman being stalked by
her ex-boyfriend. Hill lets his fists do the talking and knocks the brutal Benedetto down
a peg or two. After having dinner with parole officer Nancy McCoy, Frank's fears of losing
Joyce are compounded when his attempt to call her at her hotel proves unsuccessful.

LaRue gets his hands on a surplus military tank to use in
"Operation: Big Broom." The courts later put the brakes on the questionable
operation after the ACLU and Public Defenders office seek an injunction.
Calletano tries out a toupee. While in court for another traffic ticket, Fay confronts
Judge Grogin about their doomed relationship. Goldblume harasses some gang members who are
threatening a young man who killed one of their members in self defense. Belker and
Tattaglia express feelings for each other. A jealous and anxious Frank grills Joyce about
her job interview and expresses his fears of losing her.

The senior criminology class of St. Mary's visits the Hill.
Furillo confronts Jesus Martinez over using him as a credit reference and an illegal
investment of grant money. Belker's dad is sick. Coffey has to deal roughly with a man
high on PCP, and when the man later dies in custody, the officer is accused of killing
him. Davenport snags a savage kneebuster for a client. Fay tells Furillo she's pregnant
with Judge Grogin's child. Belker protectiveness of Tattalia nearly endangers their
relationship. Belker busts two old guys for armed robbery. A testy Furillo mediates a
clash over seniority and rank between Goldblume and Callentano. LaRue sees dollar signs
after Hill and Renko arrest stand-up comic Vic Hitler on a bunch of unpaid traffic
tickets. The Justice Department offers Joyce a job, and she and Frank take very different
views on what if could mean for them.

IAD grills Coffey on the death of Lynn Tatum, and Tatum's mother makes a
scene in the squad room. Furillo is convinced of his officer's innocence and goes after
the man who was in the cell next to Tatum, a kneebuster named Sonny Crockett. Crockett
tells a story which delights the internal affairs investigators.
Belker's dad dies and Furillo breaks the bad news. Calletano still sulks over Furillo's
honest evaluation of his captaincy potential. LaRue makes a fool of himself with a
schoolgirl and devises a plan to make money off comic Vic Hitler. Fay tries to get Judge
Grogin to admit his paternity of her baby. Joyce turns down the Justice Department job,
and after a emotional, honest encounter Frank proposes.

Fallout from Lynn Tatum's death continues to rain on the Hill. Coffey
takes a polygraph and Furillo and Goldblume attend a town meeting to soothe the outrage
over Tatum's death. Davenport withdraws from Crockett's case when he says he plans to
commit perjury.
Bates goes undercover as a bus driver and gets a little backup from Hill and Renko. LaRue
preps Vic Hitler for his comic debut, which turns out to be a bust. Tattaglia transfers to
another precinct. Fay decides to have her baby. Frank and Joyce get married in a lunchtime
ceremony, and Fay freaks out when Furillo breaks the news. After his father's funeral,
Belker drives around and helps catch a robber who shot a cop. Newlyweds Frank and Joyce
embark on a night of bliss.

The brutal narcotics Det. Benedetto temporarily transfers to the Hill
and partners with Washington to investigate a loan shark. The operation results in the
death of kneebuster Sonny Crockett and Benedetto's true colors are revealed.
Leo helps drug addict Rico go cold turkey. While investigating the murder of a man in a
homeless shelter, Joyce, Frank and Goldblume question a suspect who appears to have
multiple personalities. Fay's upset when Frank Jr. tells her he wants to move in with his
new mother. After nurse Wulfawitz dumps Hunter, he meets a nice Vietnamese girl at a
massage parlor.

While undercover on Benedetto's loan-sharking operation, Washington is
shot.
Officers have a little fun with the robot TK460. Goldblume tries to catch the man with
multiple personalities after he escapes from county psych and sets off a bomb at the
station house. A cash-strapped Hill and Renko find a bag full of temptation, but it loses
it's appeal when their patrol car is stolen with the unreported cash inside. Leo puts Rico
to work on the COP-TIPS hotline. LaRue tries to stack the deck in his favor in the Buddy
Genett body parts pool.

Furillo hauls in loan shark Simone at Daniels insistance. Belker and
LaRue go on a rampage to find out what ruined a police drug transaction that almost cost
Washington's life. Benedetto feels their investigation closing in on him and tries to make
a run for it, but things don't turn out quite like he planned.
Fay learns her baby's a girl and asks Esterhaus to be godfather. Frank and Joyce's
lunchtime tryst is derailed by an eldery, out-of-breath hotel attendant. Crockett's death
allows Joyce to clear Coffey in the Tatum death. Joyce represents a charming and polite
purse snatcher. The cash payroll is hijacked and fingers point to Jesus Martinez after the
hijackers are arrested. Rico gets high again.

The only witness to a massacre at a gay bar is an
off-duty cop, Det. Art Bradley, who is reluctant to come forward for fear of losing his
job and family. LaRue and Washington antics to catch the killer endanger the case. And
Furillo forces Bradley to make a difficult choice.
A major power outage strikes the Hill during hot weather and officers are
overburdened with
problems resulting from the blackout. Calletano has a kidney stone. The Cisco Kid creates
trouble on the Hill and Davenport has the honor of defending him. Goldblume offers to be
Fay's natural childbirth coach.

The mayoral campaign is in full swing: candidate
Chief Daniels is duking it out in the public opinion polls with his opponent, Benjamin
Fisk. Fisk moves into a crime-ridden housing project despite Furillo's warnings of a gang
power struggle. In efforts to curb the escalating gang violence and keep Fisk safe, the
precinct captain lays down "Furillo's Law" with the gang leaders and plays an
ace, angering Goldblume and Hector Ruiz in the process.
Belker goes undercover in a fish market that's being harassed to sign a protection
contract. Hill's gambling problem surfaces after he wins $100,000 in the lottery. Belker
has a run-in with Deputy Chief Mahoney, who's trying to ride herd on Furillo's precinct.
Coffey and Bates bust a couple of lady mud wrestlers. Esterhaus fusses over Fay, who's in
her final days of pregnancy. Joyce and Frank's evening is interrupted when a 9-year-old
kid is killed in a drive-by shooting.

Furillo is forced to make a difficult decision
after Hector Ruiz takes Fisk hostage.
A Midtown vice cop warns Furillo of Hill's gambling problem. LaRue and Washington salvage
a man's severed arm. Still on desk duty, Belker makes a food run and ends up capturing a
robber. Davenport defends a frantic West Indian cabbie who shot a man he thought was a
robber. Hill's gambling habit gets worse and his attitude alienates many of his friends. A
joke involving an obscene gesture lands Furillo on Mahoney's list with Belker, Renko,
Washington and LaRue. Goldblume and Fay grow closer as her due date nears.

Fisk's return to the housing project ends in
disaster - much to Daniels morbid delight.
Kiki finds the knife and tries to persuade Eldridge to change his story with tragic
results. Put on desk duty, Belker lectures merchants recently victimized by crime and
loses his temper when the attendees voice their complaints about the police. Hill's
behavior gets worse and Renko tries to stop his partner's downward spiral. Furillo and
Goldblume talk things out. Shooter of 9-year-old kid becomes victim of gang violence.
Coffey sulks after Bates scores higher on the sergeant's exam. Daniels has Mahoney drop
the charges against Furillo and his officers. Fay has her baby.

The shooting of a little boy by officer Perez
becomes political fodder when Mahoney tries to make capital for Chief Daniels out of the
tragedy by forcing Furillo to arrest the boy's mother on child-endangerment charges. Frank
and Joyce (and Bernstein) seem the only ones aware that two lives are being destroyed for
political gain.
Police Cmdr. Ozzie Cleveland enters the mayoral race - much to Daniels displeasure. On
Daniels' order, LaRue, Washington, Belker and Hunter launch "Operation
Tenderloin" out of Murray's Wonderland, a sexual cafeteria in Cleveland's precinct.
Bates scuffles with a junkie and ends up in the hospital where she meets a nice doctor.

Hill and Renko nab the "Emily Post
bandit" - with the help of his junkie girlfriend - and the dye packs leave Renko a
little green. The bandit escapees and takes a hostage and Goldblume must negotiate a
peaceful surrender.
Fay's timely arrival at the station house puts the shaft to Chief Daniels in front of
press corps. Judge dismisses charges against Mrs. Robson and Davenport advises her to file
a civil suit. Ozzie Cleveland filets Daniels on TV over the Robson arrest. Wachtel shows
up - in drag - at Murray's Wonderland just before the owner, his client, is killed in a
shootout.

Election day proves trying for everyone: Frank and
Joyce are among those who attend the Robson boy's funeral; Mahoney turns on Daniels and
tries to burn Furillo in the process; Hunter meets a nice lady who steals his wallet;
Goldblume tries to keep a last-minute candidate clear of the polling places and later must
foil the man's attempt to injure the mayoral-race victor, Ozzie Cleveland.
Funeral plots up for bid arouse morbid thoughts for Coffey, but Bates and Hunter seize the
opportunity to invest in their futures, so to speak. Wachtel returns to the Hill - his
attire proves a major source of amusement for Frank and Joyce - to report gangsters
threatening to torch Murray's Wonderland. Hill and Renko deliver money collected from Hill
Street officers to Mrs. Robson. Furillo tries to help Perez' family and Joyce tags along
when Frank goes to visit his troubled officer.

The vice squad ignores Furillo's report on a
bookie joint operating out of a candy story and the captain decides to take it down with
his men. The busted bookie, Seltzer, turns over several tapes incriminating cops on the
take, including a rookie Hunter, and the EATer leader later attempts suicide.
Bates and Coffey clean up "Buck Naked" for a court appearance at the trial of
cab company owner and driver - the judge vacates the guilty verdict and Joyce confesses
suspicions to Frank. Belker pursues a paraplegic who spray painted his car, which was
parked in a handicapped zone. Hill boxes for the precinct against Al Simmons. Fay and
Goldblume take their relationship in a more intimate direction.

The frightened bookie Ben Seltzer gives up a
payoff drop point which nets a corrupt judge. Furillo tells chief of corruption at Midtown
vice and ADA Bernstein unites with precinct captain to launch a covert investigation.
Belker gets some unexpected help when he goes undercover in a wheelchair - but tragedy is
just around the corner. Fay and Goldblume plan a weekend getaway. Bates and Coffey
apprehend Honky the Goose and is literally choked up by his reunion with his owner.
Furillo pulls favor from Daniels to spare Hunter, who refuses to admit he attempted
suicide or needs any help, an IAD hearing. Hill gets his bell rung in his last fight for
the precinct. Frank expresses his fears about the possiblity of corruption in the ranks to
Joyce.

Three visiting Russians bring their personal
problems to the Hill.
Marty Nichols returns to the Hill. Joyce's mother is coming for a holiday visit, putting
the Furillos in a lodging quandary. Belker finds a glut of action while working undercover
as an ambulance attendant to stop a recent rash of pharmaceutical robberies. After his
brother-in-law is busted for soliciting a police officer, LaRue uses situation to help his
transportation woes. Joyce seeks comfort from Frank after her efforts to keep a mentally
troubled young man out of jail result in tragedy. Fay and Goldblume worry about how to
tell Furillo about their relationship, but the observant police captain figures it out for
himself.

The cop killer raises his tally to four by gunning
down two officers on patrol.
Daniels tries to short circuit Cleveland's corruption task force by exposing a network
within the special vice detail - Furillo and Bernstein's six-week-old investigation leads
them to three men. Belker goes undercover as a bag lady to catch a slasher. Bates and
Coffey take over a storefront police/ommunity relations project and encounter a
double-parking pimp and a volatile domestic situation. Daryl Ann buys the wrong motorcycle
for Renko at a police auction. Leo employs an odd exterminator after rats invade the
station house. Henry and Fay separately confront Furillo about his behavior toward them.
Hunter helps keep suicidal woman from jumping off building with her son. Joyce behaves
oddly about buying a house and later reveals the source of her demeanor to Frank - she's
unable to have children. While on the way home, Frank encounters an armed robbery and is
forced to shoot the perpetrator while Joyce watches from the car.

Furillo struggles through what he is believes it
the worst 24 hours ever on the Hill: A cop killer roams the precinct; the corruption
investigation into the vice squad strikes close to home when officer Marty Nichols is
gunned down; and the emotional fallout from the knowledge Joyce can't have children and
the fact he killed a man weigh heavily on the precinct captain.
Joyce rebuffs Fay's attempt to reach out to her. The rats return to the station house and
the exterminator tries bagpipes this time. Esterhaus is hospitalized for tests. Goldblume
and Davenport try to protect a woman and her children from her abusive husband, but
tragedy strikes. Double-parking pimp gets just desserts in an encounter with Fay. Joyce
and Frank have a heart-to-heart after a trying couple of days.

Furillo and Bernstein take down corrupt vice cops
and reveals that Marty Nichols was corrupt. And Furillo loses his old friend Jerry Fuchs
as the corruption investigation winds down.
A romantic triangle transfers to the Hill and comes to a boil. Belker goes undercover as a
rabbi to catch guys robbing synagogue. Coffey meets a nice paralegal and later is shot by
the cop killer. Fay and Davenport mend fences. The cop killer turns himself in, but not
before he has Hunter in his sights. Still upset over not being able to have children,
Davenport refuses to represent Jose the pimp. Frank promises Joyce they won't let the
marriage kill their love affair.

With his own emotions barely under wrap, Furillo
makes an unusual appearance during roll call to inform his officers of Sgt. Esterhaus'
death and cautions the devastated lot "to be careful out there." The officers
struggle to do their jobs while dealing with their grief. Furillo learns he is executor of
Esterhaus' estate, comforts Grace and asks Bates to take over as roll-call sergeant.
Perez returns to duty. Coffey's girlfriend is raped. Overcrowding at the Michigan Avenue
Complex prompts a judge to release a large number of criminals. Bates and Pilsky take part
in "Operation: Pussycat" designed to catch early-morning johns. Jesus tries to
help police catch guys robbing meat delivery trucks. Leo finds out his wife is having an
affair. An unaware rookie officer busts Fay for solicitation - much to her amusement.

With emotion filling his voice, Furillo reads a
letter from Esterhaus at roll call turning out the day shift one last time. Furillo tries
to find way around the legal restrictions on scattering Esterhaus' remains on the Hill.
Officers still struggle with grief over sergeant's death.
Goldblume is fascinated by a high-end call girl held on murder charges whose elite
clientele has newspapers bidding for her story and her fearful clients threatening her
life; his fascination puts Fay off and they are robbed as the leave a restaurant. Downtown
bean-counter looks for office supply thief on the Hill. Coffey and his girlfriend continue
to have problems. Bates impending assignment as roll call sergeant upsets Coffey. Belker
has run-in with a religious nut while trying to catch pickpockets. Rodriguez brothers
arrested again - this time for murder. Fuchs returns to Hill trying to drum up business
for his private security firm.

A judge intent on elevating jail conditions
threatens to release more of the court's overflow back into the streets, and Furillo and
Bernstein team up in an effort to stop him.
Bates gets off to a rough start as roll call sergeant. Renko pulls a hernia when he and
Hill help an obese woman stuck in a bathtub. New khaki officer, Natalie DeRoy, arrives on
the Hill. LaRue and Washington investigate the death of a street kid. Hill Street
officers, Frank and Joyce attend Esterhaus' memorial service. Coffey and Sandy agree to
make another go at it. Buck Naked is arrested again. After Whitney Barnes' pimp turns
himself, a professional hitman guns him down in the station house. Fay and Goldblume
split. Furillo honors Esterhaus' last wishes and scatters his ashes on the Hill, despite
the fact it's illegal.

As "Operation: Stop 'N' Cop" begins,
Furillo gets himself into hot water by criticizing the project, which was began at the
mayor's urging.
Davenport finds herself looking down a gun barrel when the brother of the man she's
defending silences the prosecution witness, and she ultimately is torn between her fears
and her duty. Belker has a final run in with his bald-headed pickpocket with many names.
Bates' new promotion leaves her feeling a little left out. Fay and Goldblume agree to
remain friends.

As the pressure mounts on her to identify Timothy
Mullins as Talbot's shooter, Joyce swallows her fear and comes forward. William Mullins
promises Frank that Joyce will die if she testifies and Frank makes Mullins a promise of
his own.
While attempting to limit the damage from his criticism of the mayor and "Operation:
Stop 'N' Cop," an angry Furillo makes matters worse with the press and Chief Daniels
later relieves him of command. Hunter takes Fay to lunch. A census taker disappears while
working on the Hill. A pregnant Daryl Ann asks Renko to marry her. LaRue is out sick and
Det. Harry Garibaldi joins Washington and Belker on stakeout. Officer Pilsky guns down a
suspect while working backup on "Stop 'N' Cop." Joyce blames Frank for not being
there to protect her, prompting her to start carrying a gun and he pays a visit to the
liquor store.

Division and the mayor's office order all Hill
Street cops to back up "Operation: Stop 'n' Cop" with both tragic (Pilsky
freezes and is shot and killed) and impressive (a raid nets a heroin factory) results.
Goldblume and Calletano struggle to run the station command. Furillo tries to resist
taking a drink and gets moral support from Fay. Davenport represents a man involved in a
whirlpool accident/assault. Goldblume has Belker, Washington and a timid Garibaldi dog
William Mullins to protect Davenport. Davenport and Fay counsel Jesus Martinez' pregnant
girlfriend. Armed with a videotape of the chief with prostitute Whitney Barnes, Calletano
goes to bat for Furillo. Renko pops the question to Daryl Ann. And Frank and Joyce make a
trade: his bottle of booze for her gun.

Expiring treaties result in gang violence on the
Hill. The mayor's gang appointee to the Youth Corps Summer Job Program comes, a former
Blood, under fire for favoritism and a Diablos member threatens to kill him.
Garibaldi tries to save himself some money by doing some unofficial police work for a guy
whose car he rearended. Hunter and Fay battle over city money for his equestrian unit and
her unwed mother counseling program. Belker, with Hill and Renko as backup, goes
undercover in "Operation: Straight Flush" to nab video poker vendors and is
nearly exposed by agents from another agency. Joyce stuns Frank when she disappears for a
day and then reluctantly asks for a few weeks to herself to sort out her feelings.

Gang violence rips through the Hill and Furillo
puts pressure on the Bloods and Diablos for a truce after he learns Jesus Martinez is no
longer running Diablos. An angry Peabody rejoins the Bloods and goes to the loan sharks -
sharks being the operative word - Belker has infiltrated to trade drugs from money to
finance a gang war with the Diablos.
Coffey and Davis arrest a man eating his car. Fay makes a pass at Furillo. Hunter's horse
takes ill. Davenport represents a gigolo who wants to rush his case to court to avoid
out-of-state warrants. Calletano prepares for a game show appearance on "Lucky
Ducks." A brawl erupts as Renko tries to organize his wedding attendants and his
rehearsal dinners has a few glitches. Frank and Joyce have dinner and discuss their
future.

Furillo taps Jesus Martinez to negotiate a cease
fire and treaties between the gangs.
Coffey bets money for Renko's wedding present on a horse that will mean instant cash or
crash. Renko and Hill test drive patrol car with new computer and it is stolen. Belker's
loan sharks commandeer a prison bus and demand him in exchange for their hostages. Fay
apologizes to Furillo for making a pass at him. Garabaldi talks Goldblume into trying an
unusual video dating service - he hooks a dominatrix. Hunter's horse takes a turn for the
worse. Renko has second thoughts as his wedding approaches. LaRue returns for the nuptials
Frank and Joyce spend the night together before she leaves on her Paris vacation.

The fifth season gets off to a tense start as the impending execution of
Celestine Gray for the rape and murder of a Roman Catholic nun upsets many on the Hill.
Goldblume takes some flack for his views on capital punishment. Frank is infuriated by a
news article on the execution which infers his separation from Joyce, now in the fourth
month, was a result of the case. Davenport works down to the wire for her client. And
Jerry Fuchs, now a private investigator, conducts a last-minute investigation in hopes of
staying the execution.
The new roll call sergeant, Stanislaus Jablonski, is called out by a woman. Belker, LaRue
and Washington launch "Operation: Flea Bag" at a flop house in an attempt to
catch junkies, hookers, fences, etc. Sgt. Bates, who returns to patrol, and Coffey catch a
man stealing ice from a small store and later chase him down in a stolen ice cream truck
with the body of his mother in the back. Mayo and Garibaldi handle a messy robbery/assault
case against an elderly couple. While working for the Victims' Aid pilot program, Fay
tries to help an out of town couple who've lost everything to thieves. Laura Ann Renko is
born. Mayo and Furillo have dinner and he must politely refuse her advances.

Goldblume takes the law into his own hands when his ex-wife Rachel is
raped and she refuses to press charges.
Renko's new role as a father has him considering a career change. Goldblume's position on
capital punishment continues to cause friction. The Fimples are robbed again, this time at
the telegraph office. Belker's undercover at the Stratford Hotel ends with Calletano and
the Fimples taken hostage. A domestic situation turns into a hostage crisis and Hunter
tries to defend an EATer's callous remarks after the gunman is killed. Davenport tries in
vain to get the man who fingered Celestine in nun's slaying, Gerald Champan, to change his
dubious story. Joyce and Frank attend the execution. LaRue picks up woman in bar after
telling her he's Goldblume and against capital punishment.

Furillo reprimands Goldblume for brutalizing Rachel's rapist and later
takes the him off a murder case when the victim turns out to be the rapist's common-law
wife.
Two new rookies arrive on the Hill - Lawrence Swann, a nervous kid with a stammer, and the
obnoxious Randall Buttman. A prostitute killer continues to terrorize the city. LaRue gets
a slap in the face when his conquest visits the station to return his wallet. Belker is
plagued by a mime when he dons a chicken suit to catch robbers hitting fast food places.
LaRue puts moves on woman who's car radio was stolen, but she's moves faster than he does.
Hunter insults a female khaki officer, who barricades herself in the men's room. Buttman
earns a lecture from Furillo after he ruffles feathers of veteran officers. In
"Operation: Airwave," Mayo and Garibaldi bust a bogus cable TV installer whose
client list contains some interesting names, including Davenport. Frank utilizes Joyce's
predicament to negotiate his return home. At a party for rookies, Buttman turns loose a
hooker on the timid Swann while the others watch.

Patrolman Swann kills himself after an initiation party at the Kubiak
Lodge and leaves behind two letters. The hooker from the rookie party turns up dead and
the investigators are unsure who killed her - Buttman in a copycat murder or the
prostitute killer who's still on the loose. Washington pressures Garfield to tell the
truth about party.
Lts. Calletano, Goldblume and Hunter quarrel over a government study grant. LaRue tells
Furillo about his night with a murder victim's wife, but Mayo is suspicious of woman.
Renko eats his way across the precinct unaware he's being followed by an investigative TV
reporter. Hill tries to stop the embarrassing footage from airing with a plea to the
reporter, Lynn Williams. "Operation: Drumstick" goes into second day: Belker
stumbles into a heroin-dealing operation and nabs a junkie with box of drugs. Thinking
about a down payment on a house, Joyce talks Frank into taking the study grant. Against
his captain's counsel, LaRue returns to Caroline Reynold's house and kills a
"robber."

LaRue looks very bad to IAD after shooting Caroline Reynold's former
lover. He suspects she set him up and sets out to prove it.
In the wake of Buttman's arrest, all the rookies who attended the Kubiak party are canned
- including Garfield. Washington fumes and Furillo talks to Chief Daniels in an effort to
keep his detective from quitting. Goldblume pushes to tie Buttman to the hooker killing.
Jablonski deals with a woman who reports her cat stolen. Everyone tries a new Bengali
restaurant, whose cuisine is of questionable origin. Renko loses his apetite after a TV
newswoman exposes his fondness for doughnuts and when he later witnesses an obese man
taking the "all you can eat" salad bar to the extreme. The prostitute killer
strikes again and takes shots at Hill and Renko. DeRoy asks Schnitz over for a home-cooked
meal. LaRue licks his wounds with Washington. Joyce and Frank agree not to bring their
work home.

Furillo and his officers are under pressure to catch the killer of the
Rev. Booker Simons, who was shot while trying to dissuade a thief from stealing his car.
The investigation endangers Belker, who's undercover in a chop shop. And Fay damages their
investigation by revealing information to Booker's wife within earshot of Davenport.
Narcotics Inspector Joe Keenan ruffles feathers on the Hill as he investigates 18
heroin-overdose deaths brought on by the Columbian wars. The pressure mounts on Furillo
when an impound lot officer is shot, linking the Simons killing to the heroin epidemic.
Hill and Renko find a dead animal lover in his bed and a sheep in the bathroom. A hooker
busted in a sweep shows Hunter her assets. Jesus rises again - this time he's a law
student with questionable academic credentials. Davenport tries to help a very young
hooker straighten out and receives a brief scare when she's urgently summoned to the
station house. Joyce reminds Frank that she doesn't like her clients to be questioned
without counsel present.

The imminent release of an 18-year-old convicted murderer, Floyd Green,
who's made threats against witnesses, creates tension and counter-threats from some angry
citizens. After he is busted for possession, Judge Wachtel orders the cops to stay 100
yards away from the young killer - a decision he later regrets. Green kills a bus driver,
shoots it out with an angry citizen and later threatens Davenport when her legal counsel
is not to his liking, but justice is ultimately served.
Khaki officer DeRoy's assets are revealed when her shirt is ripped in a squad room brawl.
A court-appointed attorney brings his cynical attitude to the Hill. LaRue and Washington
launch "Operation: Bummer" to catch robbers preying on bums and stumble across
some stolen airline tickets. Belker is assigned to escort a prisoner from Las Vegas back
to the Hill - he gets a little company when several officers catch the "blue
flu" after acquiring some discount airline tickets. Hill faces an IRS audit. Bates
and Coffey bust a young black boy for shoplifting. Moved by the youngster's family
situation, Bates later offers to take him in.

An assassination attempt is made on Mayor Cleveland following a ceremony
rededicating the restored Monarch Theater. The Hill's finest nab the gunman who fears for
his life and tells Davenport about a conspiracy involving a high-ranking police official
(Joe Keenan), an ex-cop (Jerry Fuchs) and two construction magnates (Barletta brothers).
When the would-be assassin is killed, Joyce reveals the details to Frank and Goldblume.
Jablonski gets some revealing mail from his old nemesis, Vera Horvath, who's on
psychiatric leave. Fabian ditches classes after Bates enrolls him in school. Lady luck
smiles on Belker but not on the "blue flue" sufferers who run into Myrna
Schnitz. Coffey's gambling problem surfaces at a Vegas craps table. Hill and Renko's
attempts to settle a dispute involving a stolen lottery ticket end tragically, and they
get a scolding from Jablonski.

Thanksgiving cheer is in short supply on the Hill. Fuchs dies and
Furillo uses Biff Lowe to bag the Barlettas in the assassination attempt on Mayor
Cleveland. After helping the police, Lowe tries to kill himself by eating his shirt. Joyce
and Frank breathe a sigh of relief as the Barlettas are put away and her informant status
remains a secret.
LaRue's bounced check briefly leaves the "blue flu" sufferers stranded in Vegas
until Coffey's luck turns. A seething Furillo rebukes the bunch upon their return. Schnitz
welcomes home his wife, Myrna, even though she's pregnant with another man's child.
Jablonski's female nemesis comes to the station for a final bloody showdown. Out on a day
pass, the Cisco Kid again terrorizes the Hill, this time as an Indian. He is arrested for
shooting arrows at a school bus and, after he is released, takes Fay hostage - she
promptly belts him. Fabian's addict mother, Vivian DeWitt, is arrested and requests a
detox program. Tattaglia and Belker split up.

Mayo and Garibaldi investigate when Councilman Detweiler's mother shoots
a young man. Furillo must deal with the boy's grieving father as Daniels and others
pressure him not to pursue charges. The captain is further outraged when it appears she'll
only get a slap on the wrist despite evidence pointing to premeditation on her part.
Hill and Renko catch the notorious, obese loan shark Paul "The Wall" Srignoli
with over $300 in outstanding parking fines. He has a heart attack in a garden-level
holding cell and the various attempts to maneuver the large man upstairs ends in defeat
with breaking gurneys, Renko's hernia and a final, ghoulish rise of "The Wall."
Garibaldi and LaRue drool over Srignoli's young, beautiful wife. Davenport tries in vain
to get a mental evaluation for a distraught man who threatened to set his wife and child
on fire. An angry, hurt child gives Fay a shiner. While undercover, Belker is kidnapped
and abused by a group of bums.

Furillo finds himself dealing with renewed conflict between the Bloods
and Shamrocks. Davenport is harassed by her clients, three Bloods who are arrested after a
grocery store owner is beaten and a Shamrock killed. After Chief Daniels refuses to
authorize overtime to thwart an impending strike on the Shamrocks' headquarters, Furillo
appeals to his officers' sense of duty to stop the attack.
Hunters bad luck with equipment arises when new handdryers are installed in the men's
room. While undercover at a beauty parlor, Belker takes out his anger about Tattaglia's
decision to stop seeing him on his frightened informant. Garibaldi busts the young hooker
Carla Walicki again and tries to help her get off drugs. Furillo and Fay clash at lunch
over dental expenditures for Frank Jr. - a dentist at a nearby table overhears their
argument and later asks Fay out. Furillo and Judge Oberman admonish Belker over a weak
bust. Garibaldi considers cutting corners in his night law school class.

The investigation into the rape of an elderly woman takes on a
linguistic note: The police arrest a suspect who claims he can't speak English and didn't
understand his Miranda rights - but not before he names his partner in the crime. Fay
desperately tries to help the victim identify her assailants. The language issue allows
the duo to be released on bail, but Mayo gets proof the man can speak English and effects
a little poetic justice in the process.
A born-again grand jury witness preaches to the Blues while he is stashed in a
garden-level holding cell. He is kidnapped later after being moved to another location.
Hill stumbles into a bust when his financial counselor makes him an interesting
proposition. Humor and tragedy abound when Belker, LaRue and Washington pose as garbagemen
in "Operation: Wretched Refuse" to investigate a trash kingpin for extortion.
Fay tells Furillo she's getting braces, too. Renko, Goldblume and Hunter run for PBA
representative. Frank and Joyce discuss her new career opportunity after ADA Bernstein
courts her to join the District Attorney's office.

Officer Perez rescues a family from a burning building and Chief Daniels
quickly announces that the officer will receive the department's highest honor. Perez'
moment in the sun is cut short after an investigation into the fire reveals a
disheartening truth.
A frantic Fay brings into question the chairside technique of her dentist, Dr. Ted Rose,
prompting Furillo to launch an investigation after she shows him the evidence. Davenport
agrees to join the District Attorney's office. Hunter leads a junkie sweep on Jefferson
and Dekker avenues. The kidnapped grand jury witness turns up dead and Belker, LaRue and
Washington tie his untimely demise to the Intestinali brothers. Mayo takes some ribbing
over her marksmanship. Renko wins the PBA representative runoff with Hunter. Furillo later
laments not seeing Perez' problem sooner.

Mayo's trip to the dentist's office uncovers Dr. Rose's chairside
techniques - he gives his gassed victims breast examinations and has a bizzare shoe-biting
fetish. LaRue gloats over the revealing evidence, causing friction with Mayo and
Garibaldi. Chief Daniels views the evidence then asks Mayo out on a date.
A man loses his entire family in a hit-and-run accident and the blues must arrest him on
outstanding warrants. The survivor ID's the owner of the "stolen" vehicle but
later reneges, infuriating Hill. Furillo wants to prosecute the owner, who has a history
of drunk driving, but finds his hands tied without the survivor's testimony. Belker works
undercover on a string of arson fires. Hunter buys an RV. Davenport introduces a new
public defender to the Hill before leaving for the District Attorney's office. The Hill
Street officers surprise Davenport with a cake on her last day as a PD. A heartbroken
Bates must cope with the fact Fabian's mother wants him back.

Davenport's first day as an ADA takes its toll. She faces some
resistance when she decides to prosecute three white teens for the brutal assault of a
young black athlete despite a weak case.
Furillo accidentally rear-ends a gun smuggler and arrests him, prompting an investigation
into illegal gun sales by Al DiPiano. Garibaldi recruits Gina Srignoli as an informant
against DiPiano after she blows his cover. Mayo has a date with Chief Daniels. The melon
felon - a perpetrator cutting off the heads of prostitutes - roams the city. Belker looks
for a place to live and Hunter offers him lodging in his new RV. Haunted by the image of
the victim being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, Joyce seeks comfort from Frank.

LaRue, Washington and Belker team up with an obnoxious detective, Lt.
Mel Tabor, to catch corrupt city inspectors. Tabor's mouth gets him into hot water with
Furillo. LaRue, who's been moonlighting on a low-budget horror flick, decides to get even
and "borrows" a prop to play a joke on Tabor - with hilarious and near tragic
results. LaRue later targets Coffey but finds the tables turned, courtesy of his partner.
Another head is found, courtesy of the melon felon, and the blues launch "Operation:
Decap." Furillo locks horns with a division accountant over new rules. Hill and
Renko's bad luck with patrol cars returns. Chief Daniels uses his position to punish Mayo
for refusing his advances the night before. Furillo scrambles to keep her on the force and
is caught off guard when Daniels makes a tearful confession about his behavior. Tattaglia
helps Belker celebrate his birthday.

Goldblume and Coffey go undercover as waiters at Al DiPiano's lounge in
"Operation: Dirty Disco." DiPiano shoots and kills his disgruntled nephew,
adding a murder charge in the blues quest to nab him on illegal weapons sales. Furillo
pressures the IRS to release $10,000 to Gina Srignoli in return for her help in the
investigation. When the bust goes down, Goldblume saves Gina's life and she later
expresses her gratitude by taking him to dinner, then bed.
Belker keeps crossing paths with a bitter one-man band. Hunter tries to sell his RV only
to have it stolen by the first interested party. Fay is devasted after her attempts to
help a welfare mother, who was assaulted and robbed by her abusive boyfriend, result in
tragedy.

Calletano takes over station command while Furillo attends an retreat
for precinct captains and their superiors. Frank maintains control in the face of taunting
from his fellow captains (St. Francis Furillo and his alter boy manners; Mr Perfect,
etc.), but comes close to pummelling Deputy Chief Briscoe over a comment about Joyce.
Goldblume is bemused by his new relationship with Gina Srignoli. Bates and Buzhardt find
Hunter's stolen RV and a hostage situation develops. Hill, Renko, Fay and other consume
some suspicious tea brought to work by Calletano. Jablonski still giving Belker and
Tattaglia the cold shoulder and Belker confronts him. Coffey learns to handle dogs in a
lesson with the K-9 corps.
Calletano receives compliments from Furillo on his handling of the day's events. Frank
later discusses his experience at the encounter session with Joyce, who also was a victim
of Calletano's marijuana-laced tea.

On the anniversary of legalized abortion, an pro-life activist
accidentally sends a 5-month pregnant woman into premature labor. The incident strikes a
raw nerve with Joyce and Frank, who disagree with Bernstein on how to charge the man. The
man is represented by PD Chapmond, who informs Davenport of her intentions to use a
defense which doesn't conform with the protester's beliefs. After the baby dies, the
protester tells Davenport he'll plead guilty to keep his ideals intact. Joyce lectures the
flippant Chapmond about her ethics and seeks Frank's advice.
Tensions are high at the O'Neill housing project, as the first of four black families move
in. Furillo puts out word that the projects are DMZ after skirmish among gang members. Fay
and Garibaldi resent Goldblume's relationship with Gina. Jablonski is upset when he can't
get his 300 game sanctioned by the Bowling Federation, which claims there was too much oil
on the lane. LaRue and Washington tape a home security video and the director wants to
spice things up after a bad first cut.

Davenport risks all when she refuses to accept the housing cops' version
of an alleged window-smashing incident at the O'Neill projects. While she's in court on
another case, the DA cuts a deal with PD Champond, who represents the young man accused in
the incident. Davenport then launches her own investigation and locates and locates a
witness who clears the young man. Bernstein chastises her for opening the city up to a
civil suit and embarrasing him and she promptly resigns. Davenport clashes with Chapmond
in the squad room. Frank later offers support to Joyce for dogged pursuit of the truth and
tells her he suspects Chapmond is using drugs.
Jablonski is questioned by the arson squad after BowlMor Lanes burns to the ground and
Belker investigates. Coffey and Bates clean up a bum to testify, who turns out to be a
dream witness. Hill still stews over Renko's hesitation under pressure and Furillo
separates the pair. Jablonski offers to ride with Renko after no one else will. LaRue has
some explaining to do after Furillo gets a copy of his slightly altered home security
video. Fay and Garibaldi have dinner.

Davenport faces another career choice when the Public Defender's office
courts her to rejoin and Bernstein tries to persuade her to stay with the District
Attorney's office. Joyce learns that Frank's suspicions about PD Chapmond's substance
abuse problem are correct and that the troubled lawyer is going to be fired. Davenport's
decision to rejoin the PD's office doesn't sit well with the newly-fired Chapmond. Furillo
confronts Chapmond about her drug habit and urges her to get help.
Frank rushes to plan a romantic evening (including flowers, a night away from home and
diamond earrings) after Joyce remembers their anniversary and he doesn't. Coffey faces a
tough decision when a hooker sweep for gays and straights attracts his former high school
football coach. Hunter does an end-run on Furillo to acquire an assault tank - Furillo
seethes when the tank's maiden run interrupts Renko and Belker's undercover. Hill finds
himself identifying with Renko and mends fences with his partner. Goldblume's happiness
with Gina Srignoli comes to an abrupt end.

Unhappy with the progress of the investigation into Gina's death,
Goldblume lashes out at everyone and conducts his own probe. He is furious when he learns
the department has made a deal with the shooter to catch bigger fish and that Furillo kept
it from him. Goldblume gets a lecture from Bates about his attitude.
The Hill day shift is selected for random drug screeninguest stars: Coffey has trouble
filling his cup, and three of the blues - Garibaldi (marijuana), Washington (codeine) and
Furillo (alcohol) - sweat the results. Belker goes undercover at a drycleaners to
investigate the stolen garments market, but the operation evolves after corrupt Midtown
cops stop by for a pin-striped flannel payoff. Furillo warily eyes newly transferred Det.
Phil Dugan after Bernstein tells him the officer's name came up during the Joe Keenan
investigation. The innovative Dugan helps LaRue and Washington nab an elusive shylock,
then later quizzes Mayo about Belker's operation. The insecure Calletano places fourth in
the captaincy test/interview results while the overconfident Hunter brings up the rear. An
exciting day on patrol with Coffey that included a foot pursuit and high-speed car chase
lands Jablonski in the hospital. Hill, Renko and Davenport try to help a down-on-his-luck
man and his recently evicted family after he is arrested for stealing $3 worth of
newspapers.

The fifth season wraps up with a bang and preview of things to come.
Washington is wounded during a bust at Belker's drycleaners undercover. The arrest of two
cops on the take leads them to Dugan, who offers them Joe Keenan and a major ring of
police corruption.
Garibaldi's legal actions stop the department from using the drug screen results to
dismiss officers in violation, but they decide to notify their commanding officers:
Garibaldi threatens a suit after he gets an informal reprimand, while Washington takes the
matter in stride; and Briscoe tries to use Furillo's test results, which were trace
positive for alcohol, as leverage for a deal with Dugan. Calletano inches his way up the
captaincy list as others die or retire. Goldblume wrestles with Gina's estate, mends
fences with Furillo and gets a some moral support from Fay. What starts out as a tour of
area schools turns into a media circus when Hill and Renko spend the day escorting Officer
McBear. Jablonski leaves the hospital against his doctor's advice and Furillo urges him to
take it easy. Frank tells Joyce that he's fallen off the wagon and she encourages him to
return to AA.

The sixth season gets under way with a look at the
night life of the Hill Street day shift. Goldblume goes to check out a noise disturbance
at S.O.I.L. House and gets taken hostage by a militant leader on the edge of sanity.
Furillo is called in to negotiate - fortunately for he, Joyce and Bernstein who were
dinning with a one of Joyce's fellow PDs whose wife began airing the kinky details of his
liasons with a prostitute. As the hostage situation deteriorates, Furillo is forced to
give in to Chief Daniels and Hunter's pressures to take the delusional leader out.
The other blues must handle a dispute between two men which escalates into a stabbing, and
also watch the hostage situation unfold from their local hangout. Renko schemes to see his
favorite singer but is heartbroken when he has to bust his hero for drug possession.
Jablonski spends an evening at home with his three-legged dog, Blackie. Bates meets a nice
pottery instructor. Belker hangs out in a dumpster to catch a burglar, and later is
informed of his mother's death. After the hostage situation is resolved, Furillo offers
condolences to Belker then goes home where Joyce lightens his mood with news of a dinner
invitation. After making a bet, LaRue and Renko take pains to prove who has the fastest
route to work.

Furillo agrees to lead a crusade against police
corruption by investigating the death of Joe Keenan.
Lt. Norman Buntz arrives on the Hill. The ambitious Capt. Calletano has a few moments of
terror as he prepares to take over at Polk Avenue when the current captain reconsiders his
retirement. Goldblume goes on special assignment with the state lottery office. Bates and
Coffey stumble into the mayor's private life when they bust his son for car theft and drug
possession. Joyce and Frank find themselves caught between Cleveland and his wife, Leona,
who disagree on how to handle the situation. Tragedy isn't far behind as Garibaldi gets in
deep with shylocks and considers an illegal act to get out from under the debt. Belker
learns that Tattaglia is pregnant. Belker, LaRue and Washington go undercover in a very
volatile cab war. Hill and Renko try to cool down the resentment between a Korean grocer
and his black neighbours. Hunter meets an attractive woman at the Kubiak.

Garibaldi's stabbing stuns the blues and Mayo
lends emotional support her former partner's father. Sid gives LaRue and Washington's
investigation into the assault a nudge in the right direction and Goldblume and Division
detectives lend a hand.
After being at the hospital all night, Furillo begins forming his police corruption
commission and enlists Capts. Calletano and Scapizi and ADA Bernstein. Fay pesters Chief
Daniels to reinstate the Victims' Aid program. Belker anxiously awaits confirmation of
Tattaglia's pregnancy. Jablonski is left in lurch after khaki officers Schnitz and DeRoy
elope and move to New Zealand. Howard gets a shock from his latest love - she used to be a
man. Coffey and Bates are forced to gun down the mayor's son, Lee Cleveland, after he
turns a gun on them. A one-legged runner trying to raise money for cancer research is
victimized by his manager. After a stressful day, Frank and Joyce arrive at the hospital
in time to hear tragic news about Garibaldi.

Furillo's investigation into Keenan's death and
police corruption hits pay dirt when Sid turns over Louis Russ who demands full immunity
in exchange for what he knows. Russ' testimony not only unravels the details of Keenan's
death, including who killed him, but also contains a surprise confession to the brutal
stabbing of Garibaldi. Although Russ' deal throws a wrench into prosecuting him for
Garibaldi's death, the detective's father ultimately effects a little justice of his own.
Belker takes an unexpected bus ride to Springfield. Jablonski tries to deal with an
incompetent khaki officer. Hunter makes a canine investment. Hill continues to counsel a
young black youth, Trenton Moore, who's now employed by the Korean grocer he used to
harass.

Furillo's corruption commission delivers its
findings which cast Chief Daniels in a somewhat favorable light. The spiteful chief sets
his sights on getting even with Furillo by sacrificing a Hill Street night shift cop,
David Bauer, who shot a young black man under questionable circumstances. Furillo watches
helplessly as Daniels pushes the troubled officer over the edge, precipitating a somber
visit to Bauer's estranged wife.
As the khaki officer crisis continues, Buntz explores his duties as personnel officer and
gets more than he bargained for. Rambo, a k a Alan Branford, creates much mayhem when he
storms the Hill. Hunter finds out the true nature of his canine investment and also meets
an ardent dog lover, Prunella Ashton-Wilkes, who shares his passion for firearms. LaRue
fixes dinner for Washington and his girlfriend, Lynette.

On the way back from the dentist, Buntz stops an
assault on a bakery truck driver and roughs up the assailant who resists arrest. He later
locks horns with Davenport when her obnoxious client wants to press a brutality complaint.
Legal wrangling and a victim reluctant to press charges let the jerk walk, but he soons
finds trouble and Buntz is waiting in the wings. The lieutenant's attitude and actions put
him in hot water with Furillo.
Goldblume deals with the IRS to keep some of the money Gina left him. Renko visits a
hypnotherapist to find out about his past lives. Coffey and Bates must contend with an
eccentric scupltor who refuses to let his obscene work, a phallic symbol, be removed.
Belker goes undercover to investigate an increase in vagrant "suicides."
Lynnetta pushes Washington about commitment to her and her son with tragic results.

Capt. Calletano doesn't react well when Furillo
tells him Buntz saw a Polk Avenue officer dumping vagrants on the Hill instead of ferrying
them to the assigned shelter. Hill and Renko later confront the lazy officer at a diner
and again as he passes through the precinct and stops to unload the bums. Renko, Hill and
Coffey try to help a slow-witted bum, finding him a place to stay for the night - it
doesn't have a pleasant smell but its warm and free.
Hunter's bad luck with the station house plumbing resurfaces much to Renko's displeasure.
Bates has her first encounter with Sal the plumber. Things go badly when Jablonski risks
his own money to catch a pair of con men targeting senior citizens, but Sid comes to the
rescue. Hunter enrolls his dog in Prunella's obedience school. Belker is caught in the
middle of a family squabble when he acts as a courier for a pair of devious Hasidic
jewelry merchants. Furillo bolsters Calletano's command confidence. Belker asks Tattaglia
to marry him.

Furillo's relentless pursuit of a senile drug
kingpin angers his superiors (they won't return his calls and pressure him to deal), his
wife (whose client is caught in the middle), and the kingpin's syndicate (who are keeping
drugs off the street). The resulting drug drought has the blues swamped with crimes by
desperate junkies, but the captain stands his ground against all his foes and, with some
help from Buntz and Sid, it pays off. Frank and Joyce cut a deal for her client after he
gets what he wanted.
Goldblume must protect a group of neo-Nazis determined to march through minority
neighborhoods. Belker's undercover at a bookie joint gets him involved in a protest
against the neo-Nazis. Hill's father drifts into town and claims to be dying. Jablonski
mediates a dispute between a priest and a scrap metal dealer. Tattaglia suffers a slight
injury while trying to make an arrest.

Frank and Joyce close in on buying a house, but
the rug is pulled out from under them when they are denied mortgage insurance. An angry
Furillo sets out to find out why and the resulting red tape causes them to lose the house.
While on their way to work, LaRue and Washington bust a baseball star for drunken driving
and drug posession when cocaine is found in the trunk of his car during an impound search.
The obnoxious slugger is resistant to the detectives and Davenport's advice to set up his
friends, the true owners of the drugs. Buntz asks new khaki officer out. The "Warrior
Review" taps Hunter as their "Urban Warrior of the Month." Several blues
are out with the flu. A vicious parolee holds Buntz and Det. Rodriguez hostage with tragic
results. Opportunity knocks for Buntz as the climax is witnessed by the "Warrior
Review" reporter, nudging out Hunter as "Urban Warrior of the Month."
Belker goes undercover at the pound and busts the shelter foreman for selling dogs to
research labs. Belker and Tattaglia later have a scare with the baby.

Goldblume takes command of the station as Frank
and Joyce get a jump on the Christmas weekend. Joyce gets a somewhat cool reception when
she and Frank make an effort to renew the relationship with his parents who are still
upset over his divorce from Fay.
Buntz' use of "Officer Giblet," a turkey, to make a drug bust backfires. Coffey
tries to mediate between an irate landlord and a tenant who insists the water stain on his
wall is an image of the Virgin Mary. When the dispute flares up again, Buntz and Goldblume
make a housecall. Bates bumps into the nice pottery teache while doing her Christmas
shopping. The Hill Street officers compete in the police/firefighters olympics to benefit
needy children: Renko's hernia acts up again and Sid locates a guest athlete for the
blues. Belker and Tattaglia move up their wedding date.

Officer Ron Garfield finds himself in trouble
again when he shoots a pimp fleeing a hooker sweep. When the rookie can't locate the
perp's gun, his partner, veteran patrolman Jack Steger, sends him to call in the shooting
and then plants a weapon at the scene. Goldblume's investigation turns up a second gun
(the perp's gun) and questions abound.
LaRue's practical joke on Renko backfires. Hill, Renko and Buntz look like heroes when
they retrieve a stolen heart needed for a transplant. LaRue acquires a wedding gift for
Tattaglia and Belker from his brother-in-law who's branched out into appliances. Belker
misses his wedding ceremony when his undercover as a cocaine cooker heats up. The hooker
sweep nets Fabian's mother who's back to her old tricks. Bates is upset over her affair
with the pottery instructor and calls Fabian.

IAD continues its investigation into the Garfield
shooting. After listening to statements from Garfield and Steger, Furillo must convince
the outside captain and the IAD investigator of Garfield's innocence. A statement from a
delivery truck driver pushes into the spotlight Officer Riley, who witnessed Steger
planting the gun, but omitted it in her report to hide the fact she didn't follow
procedure.
The Health Department drivers go on strike and the blues have to pick up dead bodies and
ferry them to the morgue. Hill and Renko get a few nasty surprises while delivering the
corpses, including one of a personal nature. Bates confronts the pottery teacher and
Fabian returns to cheer up the forlorn policewoman. Belker is kidnapped on the eve of his
second scheduled wedding and Buntz, LaRue and Washington scramble to find him. Belker
narrowly escapes harm when the two dealers try to rob a store.

Furillo is confronted by a political power broker,
Graham Wells, who wants to help him further his career - all the way to the mayor's
office. Wells begins working by the scene and has Frank tapped to speak at a benefit
dinner and a proud Joyce tags along.
After nearly sparking an international incident, Hunter has an accident in the station
house boiler room and hallucinates that he's aboard a Russian submarine. His resulting
hijinks wreack havoc on the upstairs climate and Ballentine and Sal the plumber fall
become his prey. Belker and Tattaglia finally get married. Buntz' old partner comes asking
for help with a loan shark. Bates decides to fight for custody of Fabian. Renko busts
Bobby Angel again, but trouble ensues when he and Daryl Ann host the singer for dinner.
Hill takes his daddy home to St. Louis for his burial. LaRue and Washington use a tatto
artist/fence to help them find a guy robbing pharmacies.

Chief Daniels shocks Furillo when he offers to
endorse him as his successor. Frank discusses his career dilemma with Joyce.
Buntz gets a line on some synthetic heroin that is believed to have caused the death of
several junkies, and cuts a few corners to get the drugs and dealers off the street. New
smoking policy produces some friction among the blues, most notably khaki officer
Patterson who gives Jablonski grief. Vivian DeWitt is busted in another hooker sweep and
offers to sell Fabian to Bates for money to buy drugs. LaRue and Washington continue
staking out a tattoo parlor to catch the pharmacy bandit who just upped the stakes by
killing someone in his last heist. Hill meets someone special at his father's funeral.

Goldblume tries to stop the demolition of some
low-rent housing in the neighborhood where he just bought a building, producing friction
between him and Furillo. A stubborn tenant is killed in a fall from the building and the
contractor is suspected of pushing him out of the window. Furillo and Buntz chase down the
facts and rule the tenant's death a suicide. The contractor is cleared, but in his desire
to break ground by 4 p.m., he makes a substantial mistake: He tries to bribe Furillo.
Jablonski must cope with the chaos produced by a film crew shooting a rock video in the
station house. LaRue tries to make some extra cash by renting out Hunter's dog for the
video and Renko sets his sights on being in the production. Hill and Renko bust former
gang leader Dudley Hicks for extorting money from people by sitting on them. Bates makes a
deal with Vivian DeWitt to get custody of Fabian.

Flanked by Bernstein, Goldblume and Chief Daniels,
Furillo is shot on the courthouse steps just prior to testifying against a recaptured
gangster who fled prosecution seven years before. While Frank fights for his life, Joyce
keeps vigil at his bedside and remembers back on how their relationship began.
The Hill Street officers try to cope with their fears and many line up to donate blood.
Belker's supervisor at his meat packing plant undercover thwarts his attempts to obtain a
report on the captain's condition. Hunter and Jablonski try to keep the station house
running while Goldblume, Buntz, LaRue and Washington pull out all the stops to catch the
man who shot their captain. The assailant and motive proves to be not what everyone first
suspects.

While making a pit stop, Renko discovers a dead
courier handcuffed to a briefcase full of cash. Hill, Renko, LaRue and Washington decide
to deal themselves into his action only to find they've stumbled into an FBI sting in
search of an international arms dealer. Goldblume, who's in station command, and the four
Hill Street cops try to cover their butts after the major snafu.
Only three weeks after being shot, Furillo considers returning to work and Daniels asks
him for help in getting the consultancy job with the Crime Institute. Coffey persuades
Bates to file guardianship papers for Fabian. Buntz appears on a TV small claims court. An
impatient old woman messes up Belker's undercover at a pawn shop. Coffey interrupts a
robbery in a smoke shop and is gunned down. With Joyce at his side, Frank pays respects to
his dead officer and consoles the grief-stricken Bates.

With his blues in a funk over Coffey's death,
Furillo returns to the Hill only three weeks after his own brush with death. Buntz, LaRue
and Washington's investigation turns up several suspects. Bates agonizes over identifying
her partner's killer and visits the department chaplain. Ballistics makes the case after
the shooter wrecks a stolen car.
Davenport represents a prostitute who sells out Jesus and attorney Brown in a bribery
scandal and Goldblume heads investigation. Brown and Jesus each blame the other and things
look bad for Jesus after Brown turns up dead. Hunter uncovers an unexpected thief in the
station - an over-the-edge Ballantine. Belker's harassed by an overzealous security guard
at his grocery store undercover. Hill and Renko nearly shoot each other while looking for
a burglar.

Wanted for questioning in attorney Brown's death,
a scared Jesus hides from the cops and recruits Davenport as his counsel. Joyce discusses
Jesus' predicament with Frank who urges her to have him come in voluntarily. Things get
tricky when LaRue and Washington overhear the conversation through the newly installed
intercom system and flush Jesus out of hiding. Joyce negotiates a deal with Frank and
Bernstein and Jesus wears a wire to get evidence on the corrupt Judge Hardin.
Buntz has a bizarre day as two familiar faces visit the Hill: His former partner, Tommy
Donahue, asks another favor (things turn ugly after Buntz' help doesn't have the desired
results), and khaki-blast-from-the-past Maureen Dolan asks him out. Renko has a humorous
mishap with some stolen Army surplus gear, namely an inflatable raft. Bates gets to know
Kate McBride, her temporary partner. Sal the plumber's brother, Vito the electrician,
installs the new intercom system. Belker goes undercover in a roach coach and mixes it up
with his competitor, who doubles as a loan shark. Tattaglia pays a visit to Belker just as
things heat up. Hunter is somewhat distressed when Prunella's large Samoan husband comes
to reclaim her. Goldblume squares off with a fast-talking developer, Lionel Styles, who
wants to yuppify the neighborhood.

Buntz takes a personal day and proceeds to build a
case against his former parter, Donahue, whom he believes murdered another cop. A
confrontation between the two ends in tragedy.
Furillo attends a lunch with the king makers and has an enlightening conversation with
Mayor Cleveland's chief of staff, who tells the captain that Mayor Cleveland's being
ousted by the group and that they call the shots. The Furillo Commission results torpedo
Chief Daniels' hopes of getting a consultancy position with the Crime Institute. Bates
defends her new partner, Kate McBride, against sexual harrassment charges made by a
prostitute anxious to shield her pimp. Goldblume gets a lecture from Jablonski after he
takes his frustrations out on a rookie who lost a jumper. Hunter is dealt another setback
when Ballantine returns to duty dressed as a ninja. Belker is a bundle of nerves when
Tattaglia has a bout with false labor.

Graham Wells begins butting into precinct business
in the wake of Buntz' shooting of his former partner. When the IAD investigation begins to
look bad for him, Buntz heads straight to Furillo. Wells and Chief Daniels both warn
Furillo that Mayor Cleveland stands to benefit from an investigation into Donahue's death.
Furillo enters the investigation and masterfully interrogates Donahue's girlfriend Mary
who finally gives up the evidence needed by Buntz. The captain kisses his mayoral bid
goodbye when he refuses to use Buntz' situation as political fodder. Frank and Joyce get a
surprise while watching the news: Cleveland is suspected of child molestation. Furillo
believes it's a setup.
Furillo visits Chief Daniels at his new apartment and gets a surprise when Patsy Mayo
shows up. Belker bumps into his old snitch Eddie Gregg who's dying of AIDS. Jablonski
locks horns with an obnoxious peer when the Desk Sergeants' Rulebook Revision Committee
convenes at the Hill. Humor and mayhem abound when Wachtel sentences slumlord Robert
Dunlaw to time in one of his dilapidated units until it's brought up to code.

Tensions on the Hill are high when Hill and Renko
rescue Albert Sawyer, a suspected mass murderer known as "The Creeper," from a
vigilante mob in full view of the media. Chief Daniels creates another problem when he
quickly moves to publicize the event before the media circus. Matters are made worse when
citizens begin fighting over the reward money. An old pal of Jablonski's sets his sights
on killing Sawyer. "The Creeper" wreaks havoc with Davenport: the usually
dauntless PD is unnerved by her eerie client; a publicity agent eager to make money off
the situation lures her to a meeting under false pretenses; and a high-dollar lawyer
insinuates she won't do her best on the case because she's married to a police captain.
Outraged, Davenport persuades Sawyer to keep her despite the fact he gives her the creeps.
But Frank and Joyce ultimately breathe a sigh of relief when Sawyer suddenly decides to
switch lawyers at his arraignment.
Belker can't stop being a cop even as he coaches Tattaglia through labor.

A small plane crashes on the Hill and an
enterprising looter tries to sell a suitcase full of drugs he pulled from the wreckage.
Buntz and Sid get a line on the suitcase, but things get tricky when the thief decides to
auction off the drugs to the highest bidder. Buntz has to do some fast talking and
thinking to save himself and his snitch.
Goldblume gets some help from an FBI agent and a pharmaceutical company bean counter with
his investigation into a suspected case of aspirin tampering that brings in all the nuts.
LaRue attends his old girlfriend's wedding and is forced to negotiate with the groom who's
distraught over her sexual past. Belker goes undercover to look into a hotel owner/manager
who's scamming city housing chits from vagrants and gets some help from an INS agent in
making the bust. Hunter plans a surprise EATer inspection. Swamped with cases, "The
Ice Maiden," a k a Davenport, passes off one of her cases to a struggling attorney.
When the subject is stabbed and killed at Michigan Avenue, she fears one of her other
clients overheard her discuss his informant status.

Davenport's woes continue as a public defenders
strike looms. She and other PDs slow the judicial process by minding the exact letter of
the law. Her antics anger Judge Wachtel who cites her for contempt and then resorts to
personal remarks. She slaps him, landing herself in jail for battery. Furillo and the
blues take up a collection and bail her out. Her courtroom tactics interfere with Belker's
attempts to protect some senior citizens from a violent mugger. And when an elderly man
dies in a mugging, Belker blames the already emotionally-strungout Davenport.
Hunter happens upon a robbery and is forced to shoot the young perpetrator in self
defence. Briscoe smells blood when the kid's gun turns out to have malfunctioned and that
Hunter's gun and load weren't department issue. In hopes of saving Hunter's career, Furillo
advises him tell IAD he was off duty and puts Buntz on the case. After staking out a
luscious young woman suspected of being a fence, LaRue and Washington get a big surprise.

Belker and LaRue investigate the elderly mugging
victim's death and bust a man fencing the stolen checks. The fence withholds the name of
the mugger in hopes of cutting a deal. Meanwhile, Davenport tries to end the PD job action
- a task made more difficult by her loud-mouthed compatriot Danny Santana - and walks a
tightrope to unofficially help secure a deal for the fence and put away the mugger. The
city makes an offer to settle with the PDs and Joyce's cool-headed, idealist approach
sways them to accept the deal. With two wins in her column, Joyce and Frank celebrate with
dinner and a night away from home.
Furillo recruits the newly demoted Hunter to take over as roll call sergeant. Jablonski
undergoes bypass surgery and Belker and Tattaglia pay a visit. The cops cope with numerous
bizarre incidents as the PD job action lets chaos reign in the precinct: While on foot
patrol Hill and Renko encounter a man sticking bananas in his ears; Bates and newly
transferred officers Flaherty and Russo try to defuse a man who promises to blow himself
up for money; Buntz and Goldblume round up A-felons accidentally released due to
overcrowding and have a little fun with some drug dealers. Goldblume gets the runaround
from Chief Daniels as he tries to get money for a new task force.

With Calletano's station house on the edge of
racial meltdown, Chief Daniels asks Furillo to help avert the crisis. Furillo is reluctant
to do so, but a visit to his old friend at Polk Avenue produces enough physical evidence
to convince him. Calletano doesn't react very well at first, but submits to Furillo's
advice. The Hill Street captain later watches as the situation explodes when two white
officers fail to back up a pair of black officers in a situation that turns deadly.
Hill is the hero of the hour after he catches a baby that falls out of third-floor window.
Russo's undercover arrest is jeopardized and her conduct called into question when the
subject's lawyer claims she slept with him. Goldblume is visited by an old friend, writer
Steve Merkur, who is mugged and rejected by a publisher. Bernstein saves Davenport from an
escaped prisoner and shocks her by confessing he has had a tremendous crush on her for
years. A fire at the drycleaners decimates Furillo's wardrobe. Buntz sets out to allay
IAD's suspicion after the homes of several of his collars are burglarized while they're in
jail. During his investigation, Sid's informant status is revealed and he moves in with
Buntz for protection.

In the wake of the racial meltdown, Stan Williams
is put in command of Polk Avenue and Calletano is made an adviser to Chief Daniels.
Calletano feels betrayed when he finds out Furillo voted to relieve him of command and
threatens to take his story to the press. Daniels is aggravated with the high-strung
latino and Furillo tries to help his friend by urging the paper not to print the story.
Hill is wounded and officer James Sanders, just transfered from Polk Avenue, is killed by
Goldblume's writer friend who freaks out when he is nearly mugged a second time.
Bernstein assuages Davenport's concerns about his confession of love for her. Jablonski
wants to come back to work. LaRue, Washington, Belker and Russo's massage parlor busts are
spoiled by a premature vice cop. Buntz uses Bates and Flaherty to try to scare off the guy
threatening to kill Sid, but things don't go exactly as he planned. And Bates finds
herself playing referee between Buntz and Flaherty. Renko is unsure what to do when his
car is stolen as part of an insurance scam. His woes are compounded when his car returns
after he has received the insurance check.

Buntz heads efforts to protect a convicted mobster
John Petruzzi on his way to jail from a killer hired by his nephew. Bates and Flaherty
work backup and Flaherty gets his jollies poking fun at the gangsters. Russo finds herself
in another sexually fraught position as she poses as the nephew's girlfriend in hopes of
getting specifics on the hit. Things are complicated when a nervous young man with a gun
takes Petruzzi hostage.
An alleged gypsy puts a curse on Renko and the patrol officer is convinced it's real after
he's stung on the nose by a bee. LaRue sees dollar signs after he and Washington bust a
guy who confesses to several unsolved murders. Jablonski helps Belker nab a bus bandit.
Calletano resigns from the force after consulting with Furillo. Goldblume discusses his
old school pal on "The Don Chesler Show" and meets a nice lady. Frank and Joyce
discuss Goldblume's apparent unhappiness.

Furillo faces off with City Councilman William
Wade in a session of the Committee on Drug Abuse. Wade later spends the day exposing and
exploiting the crack problem on the Hill, foiling a meticulously planned weep in the
process. Furillo is furious and butts heads with Chief Daniels. Things get even more
interesting when Wade guns down a drug dealer and claims self defense in the shooting.
Grace Gardner returns to the Hill as Sister Chastity and recruits officer Flaherty. LaRue
lets out his angst about the new restrictions on making copies and later mediates a
dispute between his sister and brother-in-law. Jablonski makes the front page after
helping nabbing a bus bandit, but later has another scare with his heart. Goldblume
receives an offer to publish Steve Merkur's book and later embarks on a new relationship.
Belker goes undercover at a seafood joint serving soul food to locate drug traffickers.
The manpower shortage delays Buntz' arrest of a loan shark, costing him a digit.

Chief Daniels pushes Furillo to drop the
investigation of Councilman Wade who's still claiming self-defense. As the probe
progresses, Wade makes a big mistake when he tries to smear Furillo and Washington
(exposes details from detective's personnel file). Furillo finds out who gave out
personnel file and lays a trap for the cagey councilman and his assistant.
Hill and Renko have numerous run-ins with an obnoxious shirt salesman. Belker goes
undercover to bust a chop shop. A literary agent offers Goldblume a chance to write his
memoirs. After scouting facilities for an outreach center, Sister Chastity succumbs to
"the lure of the flesh" and works her old magic on Flaherty - he beats a quick
retreat. Buntz ties up his loan-sharking sting by busting the shylock who cut off his
finger, but things don't go exactly planned. Grace, a k a Sister Chastity, bids goodbye to
the Hill.

The day is full of nasty surprises for Furillo
whose father was shot during a reported break-in. Frank and Joyce arrive at the hospital
in time to learn of the elder Furillo's death. Frank goes from devastated to furious when
he learns that everyone but him knew that his father was terminally ill. The downward
spiral continues when the police investigation turns up no evidence to support the
burglary story. And Frank must soon choose between family and the law after he deduces his
father committed suicide and that his mother covered it up. Joyce seeks to comfort a
careworn Frank after a day of emotional battering.
LaRue deposits sics the health department on a restaurant owner who had his car towed.
Belker has nightmares about nuclear destruction and helps a father find his child. A
cemetery plot salesman trys to drum up business on the Hill.

Racial tensions are high among the Hill Street
blues when a white officer kills his black partner. Chief Daniles informs Furillo of a
ring of corruption in which both cops were involved. Tensions worsen when Furillo
temporarily removes LaRue and Washington from the case to keep from jeopardizing
Division's impending bust. The Black Officers Coalition suspects a cover-up. Furillo and
Washington loose face when the bust turns out to be, well, a bust. Furillo is further
anger when he finds out the chief's actions may have been motivated by personal troubles.
He pressures Daniels to apologize to his black officers.
A group of news photographers hang out at the precinct for special "Day In The Life
Of" feature. A temporarily blind Buntz goes undercover as a beggar and Belker works
backup. Hill and Renko find several skinned bodies of questionable origin. Davenport tries
to defend a shopkeeper who displays Nazi paraphernalia in his store to deter robbers.

Public defender Sharon Fein's first day on the
Hill spells trouble. Davenport has Fein take over one of her cases when the client finds
out Joyce is married to Frank and belives he's been betrayed. An error by the frightened
PD allows the dissatisfied client to take Davenport hostage at gunpoint. After making it
out of the station house, the young man and his hostage are cornered in a neighborhood
shop. Goldblume negotiates for Joyce's safe return with an anxious Frank at his side. And,
if that weren't enough, the undaunted Fein asks Washington out on a date to impress and
shock her parents.
While taking a test drive, Belker wrecks a care belonging to LaRue's brother-in-law and
Flaherty's stolen car radio turns up inside it. Hill and Renko find a child molester.

A planned hunting trip by Jablonski, Hill, Renko
and Goldblume appears doomed on all levels. Goldblume can't seem to get out of the station
house - detered by Scouts and a nutty woman _ but when he finally does, he's taken
hostage. The other three officers have their own troubles: First, they are pulled over by
deputies for looking "suspicious;" next, they break into the wrong cabin; then,
Hill steps on a nail while siting a deer.
Buntz reassures Officer McBride about her shooting of an armed robber.

A garbage workers strike raises a stink on the
Hill as the cops are forced to take out the trash. Hill and Renko ride with hauler Earl
Phillips, and trouble ensues when their collection route collides the the funeral
procession of a drug kingpin. Hill nearly starts a riot, precipitating a death threat,
displeasure from Furillo, a roust of the kingpin's gang and, ultimately, the murder of
Phillips.
"Officer Gracie Allen," a cat, finds a home and work in the station house.
Hunter gets back into EATer action when Ballantine takes a hostage. Russo and Flaherty try
to deal with an angry old man who later meets a tragic end. LaRue and Washington's efforts
to pass of Sid as a chemist to keep a cocaine case afloat are scuttled by Davenport. Russo
and Flaherty's relationship takes a more intense turn.

After listening to some gossip at the Public
Defender's Office, Buntz believes Joyce is stepping out on Frank and takes efforts to help
the "troubled" couple. Sal the plumber's loose tongue spills the beans on Buntz'
suspicions and rumors fly on the Hill. The tales simultaneously shock and amuse the happy
couple.
LaRue and Washington search city for a prize winning cockroach. Belker chases down a
purse-snatching dog. The public is outraged when some pedestrians are run down by a felon
who was just recently released by the police. Goldblume is suspended after an
investigation reveals that he knowingly let the man go in direct violation of city council
guidelines. Incensed by the unfair rules, Goldblume takes his opinions to the air.

Buntz' first day of station command has its ups
and downs. He and the blues launch a campaign to seize $130,000 worth of illegal drugs in
an effort to reinstate overtime pay. LaRue and Washington's antics create friction with a
Division detective. The plethora of "hummer" busts prompt Davenport to seek an
injuction against the operation. Sid comes to the rescue, along with a disowned snitch
busted by Russo, Flaherty and Bates. And to top the day off, Buntz clashes with Scapizi's
interior decorator girlfriend.
Furillo and Goldblume sit on an oral exam board for new lieutenants. Belker busts a tough
kid who bites and runs drugs. Renko finds his stolen motorcycle. Flaherty and Russo's
relationship heats up.

A family is slaughtered in their sleep and a
single witness implicates a gang. LaRue and Washington work the scene and canvas the
neighborhood to no avail. Buntz and Goldblume tap a former gang member, Alfred Williams,
to wear and wire to get evidence the gang leader. Meanwhile, Belker and Russo's bust leads
the cops to the killers. Goldblume and Furillo clash over the use of Williams after the
youth fears he's been exposed. The two friends later lament the separation in their
friendship to their ladies. The evening is shattered as they learn Williams has killed the
gang leader.
Russo "turns on" both Flaherty and a voice-activated vending machine. A lady has
trouble with her Latin gigolo and Bates, Flaherty and Davenport try to help. Hill and
Renko make a bust outside a methdone clinic, revive a choking drunk and deliver a baby.

Calletano returns to the Hill as a representative
of the Latin American Coalition after an innocent Spanish-speaking man is shot by a cop
who couldn't understand him. He squares off with Chief Daniels and threatens a suit
against the department, unaware Furillo would be on the rack, not Daniels. Joyce advises
Frank to tell Calletano.
Flaherty's preoccupation with Russo results in Bates getting cut while trying to nab the
Sutton Street Slasher. Kate McBride relives her father's death at an awards ceremony.
Goldblume is forced to kill Alfred Williams. Belker copes with a smart-mouthed thief.
LaRue makes a fool of himself with a group of cheerleaders who were shot at. Hill and
Renko mediate a dispute between a restuarant owner and his neighbor over a noisy marketing
gimmick. A jealous Renko believes Daryl Ann is having an affair and considers one of his
own. Belker begins invesigating a stolen credit card racket and is shot.

Jablonski and Robin keep a bedside vigil as Belker
fights for his life. Buntz spearheads efforts to find the shooter, but his shakedown of a
snitch nearly lands him in trouble. Davenport tries to help a young woman caught in the
middle of the investigation. Furillo kicks himself over detective's shooting and gets a
pep talk from Goldblume.
Russo and Flaherty stalk a reported lion with humorous results. After a blackmailing
hooker forces Renko to be honest with Daryl Ann about his infidelity, he and Hill turn the
tables on her. Hunter is nervous when the review board calls him in a day early -
reinstates his lieutenancy.

LaRue, Washington and Davenport work on opposides
to protect the rights of a mentally disturbed young man and his frightened mother and
sister. Everyone is put through the emotional wringer when the family tiff turns tragic.
A radio contest brings out the nuts, including a man trying to fly with weather balloons,
a trio of gang kids who loose a pig in the station house, and LaRue tries to enter an
older couple who we're arrested for having sex in a public park. Buntz busts a
Russian-born shylock for fencing stolen goods and later helps Sid get out of an
arm-busting assignment. Hunter's return to action as the EATer leader fizzles when a
hostage situation proves to be non-existant. On the mend, Belker returns to the Hill to do
some paperwork. Renko and Hill test out a new computerized patrol car - their bad luck has
not waned. Jablonski's badge turns up in a hooker sweep and Belker takes care of matters.
Renko and Daryl Ann's marriage troubles persist. Hunter visits a friend who believes he's
unearthed an Indian burial ground in his basement and the two are trapped in a cave-in.

A football star nearing the end of his career is
caught in a hooker sweep after he solicits the undercover Russo. His big gun lawyer cuts a
deal to control damage to the player's image and casts the department in a good light.
Prunella returns to the Hill to look for the still missing Hunter. Belker has a rocky
return to duty in an undercover at LaScali's Bakery. LaRue forms a syndicate to back Buntz
in the departmental firearms competition. Frank and Joyce help his brother, Joe, get a
loan to bail out his troubled construction business. The brothers seemingly shore up their
somewhat-distant relationship in the process.

The Hill faces renewed gang violence when Jesus'
sister is believed kidnapped on the eve of her wedding to a Gypsy Boy. Furillo calls a
gang summit and threatens a crackdown unless the girl is returned. The family saga takes
an interesting turn when she shows up with a Shamrock, whom she professes to love. After
some tearful persuading, the nuptials go on as planned - except for a groom change. Frank
and Joyce attend the reception where more fireworks nearly occur.
IAD investigates Buntz over a kilo of cocaine missing from evidence. Furillo is informed
of the probe, but is ordered to keep it under his hat. Buntz finds out anyway after Sid,
who's threatening to take his trade elsewhere, sees the cops tossing Buntz' apartment and
tells him. The search turns up a large sum of cash and the lieutenant is reluctant to
reveal its origins. IAD suspends him. Buntz then rounds up Mary Franken (the girlfriend of
Buntz' former partner, the late Tommy Donahue) to explain to Furillo where the money came
from. Goldblume's first short story is published and recieves mixed reviews from his
colleagues. LaRue rides an emotional rollercoaster after a perp's gun misfires three times
in his face. After 11 days, Hunter is found, but the secret to his survival shocks
Furillo, Chief Daniels and Prunella. Grace returns to the Hill, this time as a field rep
for a condom manufacturing/distribution company. Before long, she and Flaherty succumb to
their passions. Sal the plumber renovates the ladies room and continues to woo Bates.

The Hill Street blues attempt business as usual
after an early-morning blaze damages the station house. Rumors fly about what will happen
to the precinct.
While IAD continues its probe into Buntz, he persuades Furillo to do a little
investigation of his own. Furillo and Sid's efforts reveal a conspiracy by IAD's Shipman
and Det. Benedict to frame the Hill Street lieutenant. Buntz manages to complicate matters
when he confronts Shipman and stops him from fleeing. Meanwhile, Chief Daniels publicly
vilifies Buntz, who in turn decks the chief in front of the press corps. Joyce later
consoles Frank who's kicking himself for not being able to save his officer's career. Hill
encounters a face from his past and is confused when he can't remember from where. Belker
has IRS troubles. Bernstein announces he's leaving the DA's office for private practice in
California. Goldblume teams up with an odd detective to capture the Piano Wire Killer -
Davenport gives their investigation a point in the right direction. LaRue decides to beat
a TV crew doing a live broadcast from a gangster's cellar to the punch. Bates agrees to go
out with Sal the plumber.

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The Core information was published
in 2001 on an anonymous GeoCities website and was used by many of us as
the definitive episode guide. Over the next few years many attempts were
made to contact the webmaster / mistress, without success. The assumption
must be that they are no longer on line. With the closing of
GeoCities in 2010 I took the decision to preserve the core data and re-use
it here. Although it has since been substantially modified, acknowledgment
must be given to the person who initial collected all the information.

Notes on this information:
First of all we make no claim to its total accuracy, The information is
here for the benefit of all HSB fans but it can only ever be a guide. If
you spot anything you believe to be incorrect, please feel free to contact
the Webmaster.

The Core information was published
in 2001 on an anonymous GeoCities website and was used by many of us as
the definitive episode guide. Over the next few years many attempts were
made to contact the webmaster / mistress, without success. The assumption
must be that they are no longer on line. With the closing of
GeoCities in 2010 I took the decision to preserve the core data and re-use
it here. Although it has since been substantially modified, acknowledgment
must be given to the person who initial collected all the information.